Here is a chain of emails I sent Ms.T-Hawks this morning.
Mohawks spelled this morning. We were coloring and Mohawks drew an "O" and then an "S" and than an "O" all by himself. I asked him what he was drawing and he told me "Special Agent Oso. See... O.. S... O."About 20 minutes later:
And then a little later Mohawks said Oso! Oh... ess.. oh... Oso... and then he started singing the song.
Just now I asked him as if I didn't know... "Hey Mohawks, how do you spell Oso?"
"You just use an oh... and an ess... and an oh."
Okay... so I'm now using OSO to explain to Mohawks sounds. Up until today we've worked mostly on recognizing letters. We've worked a little on what sounds those letters made, but Mohawks didn't understand why we did that.
Now I can use Oso to show him how the sounds go together with the letters to form a word. Once I explained it he quickly read the word Dog with prompting and the word Dad without prompting!
About 20 minutes later:
Oh too much fun! Mohawks can spell poop!
About 10 mintues later:
Well, we're done for the day. We've been writing the sentences "...poops and farts." and filling in the blank with a name. "Daddy poops and farts." "Oso poops and farts." "Mommy poops and farts." And then, of course, we giggle uncontrollably! Mohawks draws little pictures next to the sentence of the person pooping and farting.
Now, I know that there are going to be parents who read this that think that sophomoric activity is just revolting. All I have to say is that for an hour today a Dad and his son laughed together. And my 4 year old can read!
