Lessons from a Three Year Old

With all of the “educational” TV that Ben has watched in the last week while Dad has been out of town and Mom has needed to tend to Sister off and on, some of the “facts” have stuck. Ben declared at lunch to some grownup friends that ‘canoes (volcanoes) have lava fire, are very big and make very loud noises. He also taught them that they needed eyes to see. All were impressed. Ha ha!

On the topic of “learning”, Ben has also been asking to learn to read. He has been enjoying some letter games and activities and has a few books that he can “read” based on some sight words and picture context. He practices writing his letters and drawing new shapes. His favorites right now are hearts and crosses. His fave letters have not changed – they are still B, E and N. Go figure! While we are not reading in any real sense, he sure is excited to be able to read to all of us soon and loves to talk about rhyming, spelling and everything letters!