Connor's Learning

Connor & Brady on Playhouse Disney.com

Connor at School - Spindle Work

Connor at school working on a puzzle

Connor and Brady love playing games on the internet, Playhouse Disney to be specific. One of the games requires the child to type in their name before continuing, so there was a constant yell from the office to assist. I decided to teach Connor how to type his name and he caught on after only one lesson. Later that night, Connor decided to grab a piece of paper and show us that he can write his name (he has never done this before). I was so impressed that he was making out each of the letters - c, then, o, then double n, etc.

The interesting thing is that he was writing it going up the page to where when he was done, you could spin the page and the letters were all faced the right way reading down the page. I then asked him to write his name again and this time he wrote upside-down right to left. The letters were still all facing the right way for when you turned the page upside down it read correctly.

This was really impressive, especially since it takes some thought for me to do that. I am not sure if this is a common way they learn or what approach Montessori takes to teaching the letters. I know they want them to fully understand everything about each letter of the alphabet so maybe this is some unique approach.

Connor is learning so much these days - it is so amazing. Keep up the good work Connor!