Cami has been able to spell her name for a long time. If you ask her, “Cami, how do you spell your name?” She will very readily reply, “C-A-M-I ‘Cami’.” But, I don’t really think she knew what those letters she was saying meant.
A few weeks ago, I had one of those ‘wake-up!’ mother moments – you know, the ones where we realize your child is at an age that they should know how to do something . . and they don’t. So, I made the concentrated effort to set aside school time for Cami to work on her name. We worked on each letter and she did a great job. The ‘C’ had a hard time facing the right way some times, but she did a great job. Her favorite letter to write is the “m” as she says ‘up down, up down’.
Everyday after that, Cami sat down at the table armed with papers and a pencil to practice writing her name. She did this on her own and was quite determined to get it right. She would then stick them up on the refrigerator to ‘show Daddy when he gets home from work.’ I think she was proud of herself as well.
I now feel much better that she has perfected this milestone. Now, on to the next one . . .
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