Miss M loves letters and words! She's constantly reading letters wherever she finds them. She really wants to write letters too, but she doesn't quite have the hand coordination or muscle strength to do it well yet. Mind you, she's only 3 years old. I wouldn't even be thinking about it, except that she herself is so eager. (Is that what they mean by child-directed learning?) Anyway, I picked up My First Book of Tracing at the bookstore tonight. The simple exercises are meant to help her learn to manipulate a pencil effectively. It has 40 double-sided worksheets...Miss M has already zipped through 10 of them! She didn't have any trouble at all with the straight lines, but the curvy ones are giving her a bit more of a challenge. Once I suggested she slow down and take it easy, she was able to stay on the "path" successfully...and with great pleasure at her accomplishment!Seven dollars for a workbook. Forty lessons. She did ten in one evening. I'm thinking maybe I'd better design some of my own or this is going to be an expensive undertaking! Ha!
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