Her love for letters and their sounds is growing day by day. A few days ago, she amazed me by writing some of her favourite words with the help of their sounds.

I was speaking the words out loud, focusing on the sounds, and V tried to write the words.

In case you don’t know, we haven’t started writing letters with a pencil yet. We are still in the phase of finger tracing letters while playing. This practice has helped V in noticing letter formation everywhere.

These days, she has started finger-tracing letters everywhere, whether it’s restaurant menus, logos, signboards, or labels. This clearly means she is enjoying her letters.

That’s the beauty of homeschooling. We learn what we want to. We learn what we can. If something doesn’t work for us, we move on to the next step. We don’t focus on ABC for reading; we have no hurry to use a pencil or achieve writing.

We are learning, working on life skills, focusing on her strengths and following her pace.