One of our kids has been copying words they find in the house on to paper and asking us what they mean. It's been fun finding random words to write out and they've memorized a few. She saw a short word in all lower case and wrote it out in all capital letters. Maybe its a little silly but I felt really impressed that she was able to translate the underlying letters to their other form unprompted.
I'm one of the only parents in my local friends group so they just nod and give a "wow cool" response. One of the slightly overwhelming concerns I have as a parent is there is just so much to teach and learn, so it's a little deflating to me to share this incredible translation accomplishment that sounds mundane but I think is really cool. It was a great moment for us though and that's what matters.
That's very cool! I think the closest I've had to that kind of experience thus far with our kiddos was when our oldest presented me with a drawing of people she made while at daycare. They were little circles, with eyes, and a mouth, and little stick arms and legs (very very long stick arms and legs). I remember thinking, "last week you had no idea how to do this, I even tried showing you". Now her people have proper bodies and hair, and she often has something to present me after daycare "This is YOU DADDY!!". Every little drawing of "me" really makes my day, and every week she gets better at it. Now we regularly doodle together, and it's so fun.
Aw that's so sweet! Yeah they grow up so fast its hard to keep up. I also noticed I can ask my kids about books or tv shows and they can give me pretty good summaries of what happened when before I'd get blank stares or a "you tell me"
One of our kids has been copying words they find in the house on to paper and asking us what they mean. It's been fun finding random words to write out and they've memorized a few. She saw a short word in all lower case and wrote it out in all capital letters. Maybe its a little silly but I felt really impressed that she was able to translate the underlying letters to their other form unprompted.
I'm one of the only parents in my local friends group so they just nod and give a "wow cool" response. One of the slightly overwhelming concerns I have as a parent is there is just so much to teach and learn, so it's a little deflating to me to share this incredible translation accomplishment that sounds mundane but I think is really cool. It was a great moment for us though and that's what matters.
That's very cool! I think the closest I've had to that kind of experience thus far with our kiddos was when our oldest presented me with a drawing of people she made while at daycare. They were little circles, with eyes, and a mouth, and little stick arms and legs (very very long stick arms and legs). I remember thinking, "last week you had no idea how to do this, I even tried showing you". Now her people have proper bodies and hair, and she often has something to present me after daycare "This is YOU DADDY!!". Every little drawing of "me" really makes my day, and every week she gets better at it. Now we regularly doodle together, and it's so fun.
Aw that's so sweet! Yeah they grow up so fast its hard to keep up. I also noticed I can ask my kids about books or tv shows and they can give me pretty good summaries of what happened when before I'd get blank stares or a "you tell me"