Our dear Kelsea will already be going to pre-school in June. So I’m already starting to teach her how to write. I’m not sure if I should teach her first the letters of her name which is somewhat long or just start from A to Z. I bought her a write-and-erase book where in she could practice making straight lines, diagonal lines and curves to help her write letters and numbers. But she gets bored easily after practicing with a few lines and letters. That’s okay. No pressure. I just give her always a pen and paper so she can write or draw anything she wants. Then one day, she showed me this:
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| Kelsea’s first hand-written letter A |
Wow, I was amazed (ganyan talaga ang mommy! haha!). She learned pala from our lessons. But she writes that letter in a very big size. That’s okay. We’ll just practice in lined sheets of paper.
She now knows how to make lines and unknown shapes. I also show her my simple drawings (not that good) of clouds, sun, mountain, house, birds, stick figures of us with smiley faces and lots more so she can copy them. One day, when I gave her a colored paper and pen, she surprised me again and showed me this artwork of hers:
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| Faces |
She made faces of us, her cousin, her friends and her Ninong and Ninang. She told me who the each face belongs to and I wrote them. Then I asked her again who matches with each face. I know she still doesn’t know how to read but she told me the exact names of each face. I noticed that my daughter really has a good memory. I remember when she was still 18months, she already knew the names of all our family members, her friends and ninongs and ninangs. She knew who the parents of her friends and who belongs to each family household.
Then whenever I give her a paper, after she writes or draws on it, she starts tearing them (but not all when I warn her at once not to crumple or tear it). This one also caught me by surprise……
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| Paper cut-out triangle |
She called me and said, “Mommy, look! I made a triangle!” Now I remember. When I was teaching her shapes before, I either drew shapes on paper or cut them out. One time, our scissors was missing so I used my hand to tear the paper and make shapes. Now, that’s what she did.
These are just a few of the many reasons why I’m so proud of her (I’m sure most moms are proud too with their dear smart kiddos). I love you Miss sNOw!
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