Reading and Writing

It is so fun to watch Amelia learning to read and write. She gets so excited when she can read a sign or figure out how to write a letter. She loves to draw and is constantly asking for more paper and markers.

She likes to make lists of words, like this one (some words make sense, some not quite):



Yesterday she wanted to write a recipe for a soup she had created in her kitchen. She wrote all the words and then came to me for help with watermelon:


Translation: watermelon, cheese, bread, peas, peas, peas (there were a lot of peas in the soup), salad.

My favorite are definitely the notes for me: