Precocious

Recently, Tom taught Emeline about privilege and responsibility. Emeline will often tell me that "with privilege, comes responsibility." One of Emy'e newest privileges is a designated 10 minutes of reading time just before she goes to sleep (after brushing teeth, having a story read to her, and having a song sung to her). Although bedtime is quite the routine now, this new privilege has awakened in Emeline a renewed interest in letters, reading, and writing. She started reading Easy Reader books from the library (she says, "I'm an Easy Reader Girl!"), playing Princess Presto's Spelling Bee on the computer, and writing simple words. When Grandpa Howell told us that Emeline was "precocious," Tom said, "What does that mean?" It's obviously not from the genes. Here's a short writing sample from our girl.