“What does that sign say, Mummy?”
“What does that sign say, Mummy?”
Have you ever counted how many street signs appear along your typical suburban road? Neither have I but I can tell you it is more than you realise! And I can tell you this because of a certain child, sitting in the back seat asking every twenty seconds or so, “What does that sign say, Mummy?”
I blame the stop sign. Immy recently had one of those light bulb moments which I love seeing evolve in children. That the stop sign, is a stop sign and it is always a stop sign with the same shape, colour and word. This ability to recognise a symbol, and the beginning realisation that a word keeps the same meaning even in different places, are important steps on the road to learning to read.
In our case, this step led to another step, asking what every other street sign we drive past says! It can make a short journey seem very long sometimes but I love it as this enthusiasm for language and words and street signs assures me that every day we are travelling the road towards learning to read.
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