Letters, Numbers, and Animals
Posted by mamaworker on July 1, 2009
Lauren was eating breakfast the other day, and she was saying something that sounded like “Y. E. O., Y. E. O.” I asked Kaye about it, and she said that Lauren is doing her own spelling, like she sees on Sesame Street. The Letter of the Day “Y” day, and the “E” day must have been very impressionable. We’ve loved how she pages through books gently, but it is amazing seeing the English language take. With the Muppets, Kermit is “Ernie” and Animal is “Elmo”, for now.
She loves it when five items are on a page, and you take her index finger, point it, and count 1-2-3-4-5. It’s automatic now, except she likes 3, 4 and 5 the best, so she’ll skip the 1 and 2. She recognizes they are said in a sequence, but I don’t think she knows what the numbers represent.
Animals: A sheep is a “baa.” A cow is a “moo.” A duck is a “duck”. A horse is a “neigh”. And she said “Owl” for the first time because owls are in a book we have at home, but also in her favorite book at daycare. I caught a glimpse of her reading the latter with Kaye, and it also includes a skunk. At which point she holds her nose. Adorable.
