Phonics in the tub

Elisabeth made two notable steps forward in phonics yesterday . . . in the bathtub, and using her Aunt Haley and Uncle Gordon's names!

Elisabeth knows how to spell Haley's name because of a clever little song that Haley taught her. However, until now Elisabeth has had a hard time sequencing letters and numbers that she hears. For instance, if I say, "H-A-L-E-Y. Which letter comes first?" She would be just as likely to tell me Y as H (in fact more likely, because it was most recent in her memory). If she sees it written on paper, it is a different deal; but with auditory processing, sequencing hadn't yet come, until yesterday. We sang the little Haley song, and she was able to find the foam letters in sequence to put on the wall!

She didn't know how to spell Gordon's name, but was able to chunk it into syllables, and then identify the letters that made each sound in sequence. She's been associating letters and sounds for a long time now, but I've never see her decode sequential sounds in a word that she is hearing (and not seeing) before yesterday.