I know, I know...cat begins with the letter C. But kitty cat (which is what Abby calls them) begins with K, which makes it a perfect subject for our Letter K activity. Justin helped me prepare this furry felt kitty, because apparently I'm good at a lot of things craft-wise, but drawing cat faces is not one of them. So pat him on the back and tell him what a crafty dad he is next time you see him.
I decided to see how well Abby could handle drawing in the lines this week, so I gave her a gray marker, demonstrated the drawing of stripes, and sent her to work coloring our kitty's body. As she does with most things, she concentrated pretty hard on trying to do what I was asking and seemed to get a little frustrated when her toddler hand wouldn't obey and keep the marker on the white circle like she was asking it to. I showed her how to draw slowly so she could have more control over what she was coloring, and she seemed pretty pleased that she could keep the marker in the appropriate area using that technique.
She's getting better and better and identifying first sounds of words, and spent a good deal of time after our craft showing me how she could "k-k-kick a kettle!" (This she learned from our Dr. Suess ABC book, a nonsensical tale that is mostly jibberish, but does drive home the sounds of letters pretty well).
She knows the drill, so as soon as we were done with her craft, she demanded we hang it up in the playroom so she could show her dad when he gets home. Her demand goes a little like this, with no pauses to breathe: "Abby finish a craft! Abby make a kitty. Kitty starts with K, like k-k-kick a kettle! Mommy hang it up in playroom. Abby show Daddy. Daddy get home from work and Abby show Daddy kitty cat!"
Yeah, crafts are a pretty big deal to her.
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