Spelling

Michaela is just a couple of months shy of turning five. She lately has been very interested in spelling words instead of saying them, so I thought I’d share a list of words she can spell all by herself and that she regularly sprinkles into conversation:

• Mom
• Dad
• Cat
• Dog
• Rey
• Go
• No
• Yes

You may notice that Michaela is not on that list. She is a bit hit or miss on spelling her name. Lots of times when she writes it, it’s more like Mcihaela. Definitely a work in progress!

She’s a very verbal little girl. In fact, at her preschool’s parent night the other day, her teacher said she loves talking to Michaela because she has such a big vocabulary. She said it’s clear we talk to her like a grown up (meaning we use adult words, not that we discuss adult topics, ha ha), which is definitely true. No baby talk in our household!