Thursday, April 22, 2010

Reading and Sopa Rica

Moose has cracked the written code. It started with simple books at school and then out of the blue he picked up Pato Va en Bici (Duck on a Bike) and started sounding it out. I was amazed at how well he did.


Another day he was reading one of his homework books about a dog making some delicious soup and sharing it with her friends. Moose decided we should make the soup. Since there was no recipe provided he counted the ingredients in the pictures: 6 carrots, 29 beans, etc. We went to the grocery store and counted out the exact amounts, chopped them up and ended up with a soup that was indeed "rica".

To say Moose was excited about his soup would be an understatement.

Notice the chunk of bangs missing in the above picture. This was the result of an experiment where he was making an ant trap and required some hair to complete his work. I informed him that if he needs hair in the future he will need to ask for my assistance.