Young Scribes

The children are writing! Well, it's mostly Anna. But Alexander can write his name.

It seems like Anna’s handwriting has exploded practically overnight.

Earlier this year she was starting to write her name but it wasn’t until the past few weeks that I noticed she could do so much more. Several weeks ago she wrote “Dad,” so I promptly made sure she learned how to also write “Mom.”

Then, this past weekend we were doing lessons before dinner and she blew my socks off! Look at all this. At first I would write the word for her then she would duplicate it. Then she started to write some words on her own with me just verbally telling her the letters.

Alexander can also write his name like a little pro. He wrote a better small “e” even before Anna did. I think that’s a tricky letter to get. However, at the moment his small “x” comes out looking more like a “t”.

Alexander’s is the blue page with his name written twice. All the rest of these pages were made by Anna. (In case you’re wondering, Anna turned 4 in late August and Alexander turned 3 in early July.)