progress
August 7th, 2008The golden rule of parenting is that it will happen when it is time. And it did happen when it was time with potty training, and interest in reading, and walking, and kicking the pacifier…
It just seemed so improbable that my highly active, though incredibly coordinated son would ever sit down and write. But lo, a few days after I sat with him and drew a few letters, then a few dots, asking him to connect the dots, we get this from school: (He told me it was a monkey face)
A few weeks later, this comes home from school:
Look at all those letters!
And then this:
He very clearly traced his hand!
So, it is happening. He is picking up the pencil and learning to write and taking the time to draw…
My favorite, the crab:
