Drew chatted with the Multnomah County librarian today about Rachel's progress with letters; he is determined to teach her how to read this summer. The librarian was very impressed that Rachel knows the alphabet; she told Drew that it's at Rachel's age (just under 3) that kids BEGIN to learn their letters.
Tonight she was playing with a letter puzzle that Constance got her ages ago, when Drew asked her to spell "Rachel." And OMG, she did! The "R" was backwards but everything else was in the right place.
"Lisa," Drew commanded. "I think you better come in here."
I left the kitchen, walked into the living room and saw the letters spelled out -- and I swooped down and hugged Rachel. "I am so PROUD of you, sweetie!!" I exclaimed.
But there's more -- she then went on to spell Mom and Dad (with a little help from the extra magnetic letters we keep on the refrigerator, since her letter puzzle only has 26) and then Lisa . After she put together the letters for my name she looked at it and SOUNDED IT OUT PHONETICALLY. Then she spelled Drew's name.
"Where did she come from??" Drew murmured.
"You know," I answered, "your parents probably thought the same thing about you when you were little."
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She came from two very smart parents! And you're right Lisa, we did.
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