I mentioned before that with a crazily voracious early reader like Amelia, we're certainly not doing anything to directly encourage Oliver to head down the same path. That said, he can't help but think reading is cool in this house (his coolest older sister spends a good portion of her time with nose in book). Oliver can often be found at the fridge lining up different letters and attempting to sound out nonsense words.
Anyway, he's not a reader at this stage but he has some very strong pre-reading skills which are making me...wonder about whether he'll be following in his sister's foosteps in this area. I'd assumed no since he has SO MUCH else going on that he's interested in, like wheels and balls and running around using his crazy voices and pretending to be all sorts of things. But I may be wrong. His "pre-reading" skills are getting more and more evident, like what I saw today.
I have to admit I was really impressed today. The family came out to meet me for lunch at work. For context in the cafeterias they have separate bins labelled "Compost" "Trash" "Recycle" near the exits. Oliver was being whiny and annoying, so I decided to give him a job. I handed him a (compostable) bowl almost empty of food and said "Go put this in the compost bin." He ran over and I heard him saying slowly "C-c-c-compost!" and then he got all excited, pointed to the correct sign, and tossed it in.
He ran back and I gave him an empty aluminum can and said "This goes in the recycle bin." Again, he ran over and said "Rrrrrrr-recycle," found the right bin, jumped up and down, and tossed it in.
Same thing when I found a piece of plastic - he ran over and said "Tuh-tuh-tuh - trash!" and threw it away.
I have to say I was really impressed! Later on the way to the car he found a napkin on the ground and I told him to go put it in the compost. There were three bins very far away, so I could only watch but not hear as he went from sign to sign, found "Compost," and put the napkin in the right one.
Those are pretty good pre-reading skills, huh? For a kid who's not a reader he figures things out pretty well!
Anyway, he's not a reader at this stage but he has some very strong pre-reading skills which are making me...wonder about whether he'll be following in his sister's foosteps in this area. I'd assumed no since he has SO MUCH else going on that he's interested in, like wheels and balls and running around using his crazy voices and pretending to be all sorts of things. But I may be wrong. His "pre-reading" skills are getting more and more evident, like what I saw today.
I have to admit I was really impressed today. The family came out to meet me for lunch at work. For context in the cafeterias they have separate bins labelled "Compost" "Trash" "Recycle" near the exits. Oliver was being whiny and annoying, so I decided to give him a job. I handed him a (compostable) bowl almost empty of food and said "Go put this in the compost bin." He ran over and I heard him saying slowly "C-c-c-compost!" and then he got all excited, pointed to the correct sign, and tossed it in.
He ran back and I gave him an empty aluminum can and said "This goes in the recycle bin." Again, he ran over and said "Rrrrrrr-recycle," found the right bin, jumped up and down, and tossed it in.
Same thing when I found a piece of plastic - he ran over and said "Tuh-tuh-tuh - trash!" and threw it away.
I have to say I was really impressed! Later on the way to the car he found a napkin on the ground and I told him to go put it in the compost. There were three bins very far away, so I could only watch but not hear as he went from sign to sign, found "Compost," and put the napkin in the right one.
Those are pretty good pre-reading skills, huh? For a kid who's not a reader he figures things out pretty well!
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