Just sound it out Mum!

During bath time Havi likes to spell words with her foam letters and have me tell her what they say. Most of the time they don't say anything but I pronounce them in a silly way anyway.

Tonight she asked me what this said and the conversation that followed was eye opening:

Me: "I don't know what that spells Hav."

Havi: "Just sound it out Mum."

Me, a little shocked but playing dumb - "Sound it out? What does that mean?"

Havi: "You know, sound out the letters to see what it says."

Me: "Oh, right."

This led to me putting up some simple three letter words and Havi sounding out Hat, Mat, Dan, Can, Cat, Get, Run, Rat, Pet, Sat and Fun before getting stuck on Dog (that G sound is a tough one when it's at the end!)

Now, we've worked on her reading a little bit here and there at home... but this is reason number 7,356 why moving her to her new school was the best decision we've ever made :-)