Thank you for the nice mention and for stopping by my blog. I am so glad you did because now I’ve discovered yours and love it! Those drawings and words are so cute! My daughter does some of this invented spelling, and sometimes she even does invented writing, just letter without trying to write anything… they she’ll ask what it says!

Have a great day!

Patricia

The good news is that Holden was actually writing in his own spelling on his own! Lots of kids won’t even try that. Next time if he decides you should help him spell a word “right” encourage him to try it on his own, like he did when he wrote egg. And be honest: tell him you didn’t realize what a smart thing he was doing, spelling it himself!

I have a book to recommend. Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide, by Lucy Calkins. Calkins has written many important books on the writing process for teachers, but this one is especially for parents. And it’s about all types of learning, not just writing. Its purpose is to help parents understand the little things that are foundations of later learning, starting with talking being the foundation of writing, which is a notion I wholeheartedly agree with! You can check out the table of contents on Amazon. (And you can buy it used there, dirt cheap.) To be honest, I haven’t looked at it in a long time, so I’m not necessarily advocating the book in its entirety, but I think there’s a lot of good stuff there.

Here’s hoping for more ags at your house!

I’m kicking myself right now, realizing that I made a big mommy booboo yesterday. Holden drew an egg after an experiment we did and wrote “Ag.” When I saw it, I was thrilled and excited (as was he) but proceeded to tell him how “egg” is really spelled. I hope I didn’t discourage inventive spelling for him forever.

Anyway, thanks for this post. I’m learning something new every day. Especially those parts about keeping my mouth shut!