Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Charly Knows Her Letters!



I am so truly amazed by my Charly's most recent milestone of recognizing and repeating all 26 letters of the alphabet, both written and signed....I couldn't resist sharing this with you!...Don't let this picture fool you-Yes, she looks much more interested in the banana otterpop drizzling down her chin, but in between bites she managed to squeak out each of the letters of the alphabet.

It all really started one day when she was in the back seat of the car playing with her letters in a basket. She kept saying "O-S", "O-S"...I didn't think much of it until I looked back and low and behold she was holding the letters O and S!! I had no idea that she was actually absorbing the captions and letters from her ABC Signing Time videos!

For those of you who don't know, I have signed to Charly since the day she was born and feel so blessed today for such a beautiful gift of communication that has enabled her to express her feelings, desires, and identify objects of all shapes, sizes and colors! I am a huge advocate of using ASL as a teaching supplement, in conjunction with speech.

Anyway, HOORAY for YOU, Charly Wynn! I L-O-V-E Y-O-U!

10 comments:

Julie said...

So not only is Charly the most adorable 17 month old on the planet, but by far, the brightest too! She really is so amazing! And so quick to answer too! She doesn't even have to think about it! Way to go! The signing stuff really is amazing! You are a great mom, Kristin!!

Julie said...

Me again! Just read the note you left on my blog! Yes, you absolutely can use any of it. It is amazing. I have never read "Tuesdays with Morrie" but I need to. You know I am not a reader at all, but I ordered Randy's book online last night so you can read it when I am through.

Sarah said...

Hey Kristin,
I found your blog of Rachael's. I've really enjoyed catching up with your lives! Our blog is private, but if you'd like an invite, just send your email address to andrew.sarah27@gmail.com
Sarah (Walker)

Jennifer said...

What a very smart little girl you have! Thanks for your fun blog!

Jill and Paul said...

thats incredible! isnt it funny when our kids know things we dont know they know!! im sure theyre thinking, "come on mom, i've known that for a long time now!" cute pic!

Ashley Rae said...

Oh my gosh- that is AMAZING!!! She's such a smart little girl! Signing seriously helps little kids SO much... I'm so glad I taught it to Kennedy when she was younger, too. Charly is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Kim and Ken Carlile said...

Wow~ that is really neat. Isn't it funny how they amaze you like that? I am signing to Abe too...hopefully he'll pick it up as well as Charly. He watches Signing Time on You Tube and loves it...do you know where you can purchase the videos???

Jess said...

No way, what a smarty pants! You're amazing!

Weatherman said...

I guess we'll have to give her a quiz at Bear Lake in a couple of weeks! Can't wait for some vacation!

jaclyn anderson said...

How exciting Kristin! She really is so cute!