Okay, so it's been ages since I've posted anything. Samantha's language skills keep racing ahead, as do her other abilities. She walks around the house reciting the alphabet to herself and counting to 11. No, she has not been raised on "This Is Spinal Tap" -- I swear, it's just a coincidence. She's also picking up new words that I haven't heard many 2 and a half year olds use, as evidenced by the following conversation yesterday when I picked her up from day care.
Me: What did you do today, Samantha?
Sam: I played with Danny and Clara and Emma cried.
Me: Did you eat a good lunch?
Sam: Yes, Jim made lunch and I had a sandwich later too and it was very messy so Jim washed my hands.
Me: Did you say thank you to Jim?
Sam: Apparently I did.
"Apparently I did"!?!?! Where did she get that one? Well, I know where she got it -- from listening to me. But I had no idea she'd not only picked up the word, but figured out where to use it.
She also recognizes most or all of the letters of the alphabet now and names them as they flash by on the screen on her favorite videotape. It's actually a tape of the San Diego zoo, but in order to be able to sell it as "educational" it has a couple of sections involving letters and numbers. Anyway, I've been thinking she's about ready to start learning to read, and that I should find some resources on how to teach a preschooler to read.
She may be way ahead of me, though. I think she just read her first word about 10 minutes ago. I was putting her to bed and we were reading "Where the Wild Things Are" (accompanied by her best "wild thing" impressions where the wild things roar their terrible roars, and gnash their terrible teeth, and roll their terrible eyes, and show their terrible claws"). There's a page where a private boat comes by for Max, the hero of the story. Samantha looked at the page and said "It's a boat. It says Max on it."
I asked here where it said that, and she pointed to the word "Max" on the side of the boat. So I asked her what each of the letters was in turn, and she told me. Finally I asked her "And what does M, A, X spell?", to which she replied iin her adorable two year old's voice "M, A, X spells Max, daddy. Don't be so silly."
This is one scary smart child. Now if only she'd grow out of the terrible two's. But that's a posting for another time.
Me: What did you do today, Samantha?
Sam: I played with Danny and Clara and Emma cried.
Me: Did you eat a good lunch?
Sam: Yes, Jim made lunch and I had a sandwich later too and it was very messy so Jim washed my hands.
Me: Did you say thank you to Jim?
Sam: Apparently I did.
"Apparently I did"!?!?! Where did she get that one? Well, I know where she got it -- from listening to me. But I had no idea she'd not only picked up the word, but figured out where to use it.
She also recognizes most or all of the letters of the alphabet now and names them as they flash by on the screen on her favorite videotape. It's actually a tape of the San Diego zoo, but in order to be able to sell it as "educational" it has a couple of sections involving letters and numbers. Anyway, I've been thinking she's about ready to start learning to read, and that I should find some resources on how to teach a preschooler to read.
She may be way ahead of me, though. I think she just read her first word about 10 minutes ago. I was putting her to bed and we were reading "Where the Wild Things Are" (accompanied by her best "wild thing" impressions where the wild things roar their terrible roars, and gnash their terrible teeth, and roll their terrible eyes, and show their terrible claws"). There's a page where a private boat comes by for Max, the hero of the story. Samantha looked at the page and said "It's a boat. It says Max on it."
I asked here where it said that, and she pointed to the word "Max" on the side of the boat. So I asked her what each of the letters was in turn, and she told me. Finally I asked her "And what does M, A, X spell?", to which she replied iin her adorable two year old's voice "M, A, X spells Max, daddy. Don't be so silly."
This is one scary smart child. Now if only she'd grow out of the terrible two's. But that's a posting for another time.
posted by Matt | 7:41 PM
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