July 27, 2026

Year: 2011

A Mind Wide Open, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Look for Learning

Writing

We went to breakfast this morning; Lily was given a color sheet by the waitress.  She seemed very interested in the activities on the sheet, and deciding what she wanted to eat. She spent some time coloring in the various items presented, and then she decided to write on the “plate” (part of the coloring […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Look for Learning

Writing

We went to breakfast this morning; Lily was given a color sheet by the waitress.  She seemed very interested in the activities on the sheet, and deciding what she wanted to eat. She spent some time coloring in the various items presented, and then she decided to write on the “plate” (part of the coloring […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Imagination, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Playing, Social Development, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

Mama! I Can Do It (so, take your finger away and hush)!

Lily and I were reading before bed tonight and she did something she hasn’t done before; Lily insisted I not assist her in reading.  She pulled my fingers from the words, put her fingers to my mouth, and told me to shhh and let her do it. Listen to the video (I didn’t want to […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Language Development, Lils, Literacy

BOT

“Buh, ahh, tuh” “What’s that spell?” “Bot” “What letters make the word ‘bot’?” “Beeee, ohhhhh, ppeeee” “Those letters make ‘bop’.” “Oh, oh, oh, beeeeee, ohhhhhh, tuhtuhtuhteeeeee.” “Yep.”   Lily is generating/spelling words both tangibly (like with fridge letters and foam, etc..) and virtually (abstract).  In the last week, she has begun to decide to read […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Bugz & Her Explorations, Lils, Literacy

Creating Words

Last night Lily decided she needed to build a word. “I can do it.”, proclaims a dancing goofball. She wanted to make my name, and did so on her own, for the first half anyway.  Then, after a moment of playing with her fridge word builder, she decided to make the word “bed”. She located […]

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