CARS
He has known all his letters and numbers for awhile. In the bathtub we play with the foam letter number sets. Tonight he was making 6 into 9 and W into M so I grabbed a handful of letters and showed him something even better.
AT. Look Lex, this spells “at.” Now look, here’s an H. HAT. That spells “hat.”
He grins at me, looks interested. I show him MAT, BAT, CAT, SAT, then put the H back. “What does this spell,Lex?”
“Hat!”
I swap in the C. “What’s this word?
“Meow!” (he never says cat actually, just calls her Mo.)
He looks at the word. Looks at me. Points. “Car?” Makes steering wheel driving motions.
“Sure baby.” I grab the letter R. “Here you go.”
CAR
He is thrilled. Finds the S himself. He has been watching the Pixar movie Cars lately and must have remembered the letters from the title screen.
Momma’s smart boy. Officially reading and spelling at 20 months. I am so proud.
