Which comes first?!?
Sophie could spell her name even before she could recognise alphabets. That was only coz I kept repeating it to her.
Recently I found out that she can spell Toby, Evan, Cow, Dog! I didn’t even know that kids could spell before they can read or write?!! Is that normal? I’ve not intentionally taught her how to spell these words but I think she picked them up when we read. "Cow" really surprised me coz one day she drew a cow and then wrote the word "cow" under it.
This homeschooling business is a lot more complicated than I thought. I keep thinking there must be a process to all this, e.g. recognise alphabets, learn sounds, write (Montessori book says that they learn to write before reading), read, spell. Sophie seems to have got them all jumbled up and I’m confused. Wish I had studied some early childhood education degree rather than my econs/euro studies degree.
Anyways, I’m happy she’s picking up things along the way.