Eli School

Today Eli decided he wanted to do school. He has a drawer in the school desk that has "write on wipe off" books and dry erase markers. He pulled out his alphabet book and went to work. He turned to the "M" page and said "hey momma, a is for moose". I said "great try. but M is for moose." He said, "oh yea, M is for moose". Then he moved on to the "V" page and said "hey momma, a is for bird." I said, "great job. but that's a vulture. V is for vulture". He said "oh yea. V is for vulture". Then he looked at the U page. He said, "hey momma, b is for horn on horse". I said with a giggle "oh honey, that's a unicorn. U is for unicorn." He said "oh, ok". Then he turned back to the O page. He said "hey momma. O is for octopus, right?" I said "Great Job! You're right. O is for octopus." He smiled and said "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I got one right!" It was so cute.
Later, when I was cleaning up the pages I noticed that he actually did try to write most of the letters. He makes a great b, C, c, M, N, O, o, P, p, V, X, x, Y, Z and z. I am so impressed with my 3 year old. I hardly ever work with him. When I do he's rarely interested. But if I just let him do it when he wants he does a great job.
Lesson for mom's: make it available and they will try!!!