Comments on: OK, so maybe having the kids get older could turn out to be a good thing. Maybe. http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/ My life in Palo Alto, California. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peg http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44138 Peg Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:55:34 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/03/20/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44138 Don't you love those word-whammer things? We have the one you show above, along with the single letter Fridge Phonics set AND the lowercase letters.recentl The kiddos love them! And my Girlie just y 'clicked' on the reading thing as well, and is discovering all the things in the world that have opened up to her now that she is reading. Signs on stores, the intros to her favorite TV shows...it's a whole new world!! Kitty Litter has never been so exciting! Three Cheers for Mike! (And a big cheers to Mom, too!!) Don’t you love those word-whammer things? We have the one you show above, along with the single letter Fridge Phonics set AND the lowercase letters.recentl

The kiddos love them! And my Girlie just y ‘clicked’ on the reading thing as well, and is discovering all the things in the world that have opened up to her now that she is reading. Signs on stores, the intros to her favorite TV shows…it’s a whole new world!! Kitty Litter has never been so exciting!

Three Cheers for Mike! (And a big cheers to Mom, too!!)

]]> By: Soccer Dad http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44137 Soccer Dad Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:37:15 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/03/20/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44137 Those Leap magnetic letter toys are great. The 2 year old plays with it constantly and the 4 yr old likes to join in from time to time and start playing with words. We have all sorts of 'press the letter on the toy to make the sounds and hear what it is' toys, but the Leap (we have the single letter one) gets used all the time. We have a bus with letters on the side that got used a lot too, but that was before the talking letters on the fridge. Too cool that they have lower case letter for it now. May have to grab some of those. Those Leap magnetic letter toys are great. The 2 year old plays with it constantly and the 4 yr old likes to join in from time to time and start playing with words. We have all sorts of ‘press the letter on the toy to make the sounds and hear what it is’ toys, but the Leap (we have the single letter one) gets used all the time. We have a bus with letters on the side that got used a lot too, but that was before the talking letters on the fridge. Too cool that they have lower case letter for it now. May have to grab some of those.

]]> By: Ivy http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44136 Ivy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:42:24 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/03/20/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44136 Oh, awesome! My daughter did that too, just realized one day she can read. It was the same with me. Funny how that works. Oh, awesome! My daughter did that too, just realized one day she can read. It was the same with me. Funny how that works.

]]> By: SuburbanOblivion http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44135 SuburbanOblivion Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:07:31 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/03/20/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44135 Oh wow thats neat! I don't really remember my oldest having the "lightbulb moment", it was ust a sudden realization right after she started kindy that she was reading me short books. I need to pay more attention the next time around with the middle one. Oh wow thats neat! I don’t really remember my oldest having the “lightbulb moment”, it was ust a sudden realization right after she started kindy that she was reading me short books. I need to pay more attention the next time around with the middle one.

]]> By: Melanie http://blog.erikajurney.com/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44134 Melanie Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:24:50 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/03/20/ok-so-maybe-having-the-kids-get-older-could-turn-out-to-be-a-good-thing-maybe/#comment-44134 Oh, wow. I remember how THRILLED I was when Really Rosie had the "I can read" epiphany. I am a big reader myself, so it was kind of like a bonus - kid I love, kid I love that loves to read just like me - YES! I think having kids that love to read is so cool. Oh, wow. I remember how THRILLED I was when Really Rosie had the “I can read” epiphany. I am a big reader myself, so it was kind of like a bonus – kid I love, kid I love that loves to read just like me – YES!

I think having kids that love to read is so cool.

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