Cecily is now not only recognizing some words (written), but is creating them. She regularly indicates the initial sounds and their letters of words as she chooses, and will ask for more information about the words sometimes.
She is putting together patterns, similarities, and exceptions… and states her thoughts about each.
Words that she’s familiar with are basic and most prevalent in her thoughts (mama/papa/dog, foods, colors, toys, characters).
She dialogs with letters as she uses her LEAP fridge word maker (3 letter words). She makes up songs about the words and the letters too.
“She is putting together patterns, similarities, and exceptions”.
Good luck. It is hard to discern patterns when there are more exceptions than rules. I know, it is “tuff”.