Today I heard Jack's excited voice: "Mommy! Come be so impressed!"
He had dumped the magnetic alphabet on the floor and, one by one, found each letter in the pile. As if that wasn't impressive enough, he lined them up in order on the refrigerator. It was such a big, tough job. He was proud of himself. He kept singing the alphabet while touching each letter, first to double-check himself and then to admire his work.
He's big into the alphabet lately. A while ago I made the letters of his first and last names for him to hang on a line with clothespins. I scramble the letters up and he clips them in order to spell his name. But he's ready for more; he asked me for the whole alphabet the other day, and we had to string lines around the room to fit all those letters.
There's nothing like watching the joy of mastery. That "I did it myself" moment when a child seems almost buoyant with self-satisfaction. I love to see him playing with the alphabet like it's a code to be cracked. I hope learning can always be this lively!
Has your child had a can-do moment lately?
