http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2013/04/04/phonic-phollies/ Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit... Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2013/04/04/phonic-phollies/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:40:50 +0000 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/?p=3427#comment-819 I’m waiting for the LOVE of reading–you know, the thing where you can’t wait to open the library book you just got and disappear on the couch for hours? That seems to come around second grade, from what I can tell. Kira can read pretty much everything now, and has started reading some books on her own. But she still prefers us to read to her (A LOT–not that that’s a bad thing). What I’ve also found interesting is something I hadn’t thought of much at all, which is that reading and spelling are two very different skills. She often asks me to spell words that she reads without a thought. What you will love, Jessica, is that her very favorite thing to do in the world is write and illustrate her own books. Seriously, she makes TONS of them. Her current project is entitled “How to Take Care of Cats.” And she always asks me if her use of apostrophes is correct (SOOOOO my child; makes Tom crazy!).

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