Making connections

Rachel's ready for school -- Spot in one hand, ducky in the other!

Rachel may not say very much, but she understands relationships. Whenever we see a picture of a rubber ducky in a book, she gets a smile on her face and points to the ducky because it reminds her of her own rubber ducky, which she adores. And when we pass the part in the book where the ducky is located, she'll flip back to remind herself it's there.

Tonight she pointed to a picture of a pine cone and then pointed to the basket of pine cones we keep next to the fireplace. It's like a light went off in her head! I was astonished.