The ABC's of Two Year Old Logic

Mummy has never thought of the alphabets as exciting before; however, watching Erik recognize his capital letters are just absolutely thrilling! Are we crazy parents?! Mummy & Daddy have been both helping Erik recognize the alphabets both capital letters and lower case letters.

As a routine, we identify the Title of the books before we read them. Especially if we know the "Letter of the Week" from his class, we will identify the new letter with Erik and maybe look for them in the book as we read.

Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins has become a favorite for Erik for a couple of reasons:

1. Our boy loves fishes (yes, besides elephants, fishes are the coolest to him - aka NEMO!)
2. His class has the same book and reads it regularly

In our version, the title is actually "Hooray for Fish!". As Mummy was identifying the letters, and pointed to the little "i". Erik shouts in English "Mummy! Turn the Book!" Erik takes the book and turns it upside down. He looks up at Mummy, points to the upside-down exclaimation mark and says "Mummy, look 'i'!"

Mummy & Daddy were absolutely thrilled! Not that he actually recognizes the letter but the fact that Erik was using his brain, thinking, looking, and applying the lesson learned! He showed us his logic! Erik identified the exclaimation mark as an upside down "i", which is just fantastic! We love seeing how amazing a child's mind can be.