Loren, who turned two on May 1, is starting to read. She doesn’t read everything, but she does read here and there. For example, There are things we never read to her, such as the printing on most logos. She will point to them and say the word when I least expect it. “Dirt Devil” was the first of these and “Puppetbooks” was the most recent. We refer to neither of the items by brand and indeed, “puppet” and “devil” are words seldom uttered in this house. (That book is most often referred to as, “Oh, not that damn book”) We have not read “The Real Mother Goose” to her in months, and even then, I was disinclined to read the cover and tend to read rhymes only. She brought it to hubby pointed to the title and said “The Real Mother Goose.” She seems to read bits of her books aloud, but that could easily be memorization; we do read to her often. She sometimes reads things aloud out of the usual order, pointing to the words she says as she says them, e.g. “blue fish, red fish, two fish, one fish.” Again that could be a combination of describing and memorization.
She has been able to name all of the letters as you point to them for quite a while, and if you name a letter, she can find one on the page. She can write the letters Q, L, o, i. She reads the digits 1 thru 9 and can count up to at least five as a practical skill, I have heard her counting rungs on a ladder as she climbs them. She does not say zero yet. She knows the colors red, blue, green, purple, orange, yellow, black, white, and her favorite blue. She knows the shapes circle, square, triangle and oval. She is speaking in full sentences. “I go get a pen, a new pen!”, “I want bacon and eggs.”, “I want my book.”, " I want to be Geordi for Halloween." and “I am a bug.”
She drinks out of a full sized glass (actual glass) and a regular coffee cup. She puts her napkin in her lap when she sits down to dinner and has started holding her fork like a grown up some of the time. She will share, sometimes without any prompting, and takes turns with other kids in the park.
She can also unlock a task bar, move it to the side or top of the screen and lock it again.
I think I was most proud when she faced down a bully and his older brother and went over to a little girl still upset by his shoving and comforted her.
Now your turn, brag away!