conuly

This was awesome, thank you. She sounded out "flower" with me the other night and came up with FLAmr. I helped her think about W versus M because she was getting very frustrated (she KNEW it was an M after she wrote it, but every time she tried to do it the other way, it still came out M), but I didn't say anything about the spelling.

Then she wanted to do parachute but chickened out (she came up with the word herself; it wasn't my idea) so I had her do just the P for me. It was pointy instead of rounded, and she was very upset with herself. Even though it was past bedtime, I went rummaging around through my old things and dug out MY old handwriting stuff. I didn't seem to have anything from the stage she was at: mine went from tracing dots with little arrows showing what direction to draw in, to writing in full sentences about a farm trip, but I think it helped her get the idea that her handwriting is going to change as she gets older and practices more. But she's already such a perfectionist, and I don't want her worrying about if her P is pointy. So I can really relate to you first paragraph of #3 and find it especially helpful. And thank you again!