Fun and learning all in one

Lately Matthew has been enjoying playing with the little kitchen set and all the pretend food and dishes. Joshua really wanted to get in on the action, but isn't much into pretending to cook food any more. So, he had the idea of pretending he was going to go grocery shopping. First he told me he needed to make a list so he found his notebook and a pen to get started on the task. Then he asked me if I would help him with his list. He would tell me what he wanted to write and together we would sound it out and figure out the letters that made up each word so he could write them. It's so neat to see how far Joshua's come in being able to recognize letter sounds in words! Great idea Joshua, you not only had fun, but were learning too!