Motivated

Freddie has recently moved to a new class at school.  At the front door is a little desk and clipboard where the kids can "sign in" when they arrive.  Freddie is *determined* to sign in.  Currently the routine is we do "hand over hand" and I help him, but there is not much benefit to that practice in that setting at that time for him.  He is busy scanning the room to see what's going on rather than focusing on what we're writing.  Hopefully soon he'll take the leap and write his name on his own.

At home he's been playing school quite often.  Sometimes he lets me be the teacher and demonstrate some letter formation.  Most of the time he is too stubborn to take the role of student. 

He let me demonstrate on the bottom.  He ran out of room so the I and E got written on top of the other E. 

He's at the stage where he isn't quite aware (or willing to believe Mama) of the order of the letters making a difference in the meaning. 

It has always been a favorite part of teaching to see kids progress through the stages of literacy, and I've had the privilege of seeing it in so many children, but seeing it develop in Freddie absolutely amazes me.