Belle's drawings are getting a lot better. Her stick people are no longer heads with arms and legs. She's now drawing bodies. In this picture she drew herself, Mimi and Mommy. Mimi is the one with the scary teeth. =) And as a way to get her to practice her name, I am making her write her name at the top of her drawings. She's getting better, but still struggles with her "e"s.
She's also been coloring a lot of rainbows. When she colors now she'll purposely stay in the lines and she's been incorporating more colors. I'm beginning to think that they are teaching about rainbows or color orders in school because she was very concerned about getting the colors in the right order. I think she did pretty good.
She then decided that this picture was for Ethan and asked how to write Ethan. I told her the letters and she wrote them. I only had to remind her how to write a couple of the letters.
She's really starting to get interested in reading. She's constantly asking me "whats ____ start with?" I'll make the sound of whatever letter it is and she usually answers me correctly.
I'm so glad she's actually interested in letters and reading, but it's also kind of funny. While she's growing leaps and bounds in that arena, she still can't really count past 10 and still struggles with recognizing numbers by sight. All in due time I suppose.
This is my blackmail picture of Ethan in Belle's old purple snowsuit. I think if Ethan could keep his balance in the snow better, he'd enjoy it a lot more.
2 comments:
wow! you were right about the rainbow! That looks so great! I also love the person Belle drew with the stitches for a mouth. She may have something in common with Tim Burton?... I'm impressed :)
Of course she is an "emerging artist"...she is her mother's daughter. It takes me back seeing her enjoy drawing. I remember you sitting for hours drawing & coloring & showing such an interest at exactly Belle's age.
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