Perry Boy is 4 now, and quite verbal. However, he has some trouble with the “L” sound.
Boy: Mom, how do you write cow?
Mom: C….O….W [Like a good homeschool mom, I pronounce both the name and sound of each letter.]
Boy: W? [Frowns while he thinks about his alphabet video.] Is that the one that wicks wah-wee-pops?
Four year olds make me smile.
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A sweet young homeschool graduate of whom we know has entered a contest to win a scholarship of up to $2,000. Please consider voting for Leanna’s essay in answer to the question, “Did you ever think that the greatest thing any man could ever be in the economy of God was to be a servant?”
When the word “servant” is mentioned, what common picture is conjectured? I close my eyes and there—there is the poor little servant girl with her ragged shift and bare feet. A froth of messy curls spring out from underneath the kerchief over her hair. With weary shoulders knotted from toil, she performs once again her menial tasks. Her hands are course, red, and sore. Sorrow and care has paved her face with hard lines. Such is the dismal picture that many paint upon the contemplation of what it means to be a servant. How can it be, then, that the position of a servant in God’s kingdom is to be most desired?
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My 4 yo is the same way. He’s incredibly verbal and can properly say every sound except L. We have icicles hanging from the roof and he asks if I can get a popsicko off the roof for him.
Oh that boy is so cute!
I can’t believe Perry is four years old now! I guess I’ve been a reader for four years then because I started reading soon after he was born. Wow, time flies when you are reading good blogs
Happened upon your website by chance and the pronunciations of your 4 year old caught my eye and made me smile. When my grandson (who is now 4 1/2) was about 2 he loved the letter W but could not pronounce it. He’d get really excited when asked what that letter was and he’d shout Bubba-UUU. It’s wonderful to see families so committed to homeschooling. That same grandson is already being homeschooled and is reading at a 2nd grade level. Keep up the great work.