Yep, as I mentioned in my last post, Satori writes letters to us non-stop. When I came home from shopping today, to my horror I found her watching Sponge Bob. David was working in his office and turned the TV on. (I am not a big TV watcher and rarely turn it on.) Of course, with the commercials, she sees a Barbie she desperately needs. So I get letters about it. With these letters, she usually ignores the word spacing and punctuation marks she does know how to do!

(Keep in mind she only knows the most common sounds the letters make, we are only just learning digraphs and more complex phonics rules. It is interesting to see that she thinks WANT sounds out like WOD. )

I translated the first one: “MOM I REALLY WANT THE BARBIE. I AM SAD BECAUSE…”

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More come after I refused to get her the Barbie doll. Translated: “MOM, YOU ARE NOT GOING …. ? …. NEVER AGAIN…” and another (not shown) “CAN I PLEASE GET BARBIE?”

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Then she tries another tactic. A note just slipped under my office door (I keep closed so no animals get in.) This one says:

U R THE BEST MOM. I LUV U. U GET MR HRT.

“MOM, YOU ARE THE BEST MOM. I LOVE YOU. YOU GET MORE HEARTS” (with hearts drawn all over it)

And more, but I told her I couldn’t read the letter. She gets frustrated and stomps off. Returns with one last letter. The last letter said (she pronounces “because” as “beclud”:

MOM, U CN SAD IT AT BLUD I SADE AT

Which translates to: “MOM, YOU CAN SOUND IT OUT, BECAUSE I SOUND IT OUT!”

Lol!

Which brings me to really, really want to work on reading and spelling and handwriting with her. I can’t wait to get letters that I can easily read!

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