learned

It really is amazing to see how different kids learn things. A wise old friend told me about rope learning when Miss M was a teeny tiny babe and ever since then I have tried to see the difference in what children can just memorize, and what they can learn for actual development. Songs from Kindermusik are being sung once a week in our house, and they turn up the next week and can remember everything. This is a beautiful way of seeing how a childs brain retains information and can spit it out later on when needed.

Counting has been another interesting learned thing in our house. Our kids love to count, as I assume most kids do, but its amazing to watch Miss M now build a tower and be able to count the individual blocks as she builds it up to 15, knowing when she has made a mistake with her numbers and starting again to make sure she counts the correct amount of blocks. Letters are another thing - she is very interested in knowing what letters make up what words and wants to be able to sound things out with the right sound. I spose its because you cannot remember learning all these things when you were a child that makes it so special to be able to watch and encourage.