My baby said, “Y is for yacht”.

I found this old video of Karma and I going through the alphabet and the letter sounds. We were obviously not going in alpha order but in QWERTY order. She had just turned 2. It was kind of amazing for me to see even then she had the basic foundation of reading down. If you listen closely, you can hear her say words that begin with the letter I’m pointing to, instead of actually saying the letter. That’s just really amazing to me. It kind of makes me sad to recognize now that it means she probably could have actually started reading a lot sooner. If I had bought “Your Baby Can Read” she would have been well on her way to reading sight words before she was 3. I’m not beating myself up though. She’s doing great and I’m sure with more practice we’ll be back on track. We’ve kind of slacked off this summer because it’s been really hectic. We’re buckling down when school starts though. I can’t believe my baby is going to 4k. I’m really excited about it. I got her registered about a month ago and I’m just working out the before and after care on the days I work during the week and all of the other details. I’m not quite sure I’m really ready for her to actually be in school, but I’m sure she’s ready. That’s all that matters.

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