Isaac loves Gramma

[mamajoan]

(This post is locked so my mom won't see it because it's about a surprise for her.)

Here's a letter that Isaac wrote to his grandma last night while she and I were at chorus rehearsal. Apparently the story goes that he and the babysitter looked at the calendar to see which day of the week his birthday will be this year, and the babysitter, forgetting that Isaac spends Wednesdays with his grandma, said "cool, it's a weekday so you'll get to celebrate with your friends at school," and (she said) his face fell as he realized, "but I don't go to school on Wednesdays!" so she quickly turned it into "cool, you'll get to celebrate with your grandma," which cheered him right up. :) Whereupon he dictated this letter to the babysitter and then proceeded to write it out exactly as he had spoken it (with, she said, very minimal spelling help from her), which impressed her mightily. :)

Here's a scan:


And here's a transcription:
"Dear gramma I know that I love you and my birth day is on a wednesday and I get to celebrate with you and later in the night Im going to invite all of my friends from school and you and we are going to eat the cake. Love Isaac Isaac" And on the back it says "From Isaac For Gramma." :) ♥

We're going to give it to grandma when we see her tomorrow. :)

Comments

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

That's unbelievable at his age. Frickin' genius!

[aelf.livejournal.com]

That really is amazing. He not only shapes his letters well, but he has *spacing*, which is just stunning. He's a talented little guy!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Well, the spacing is clearly something that his preschool has indoctrinated taught him. But he has definitely taken to it like the proverbial fish to water, so yeah, he's a genius ;)

[aelf.livejournal.com]

The spacing is what I key on that he Really Really gets it. My kid is still doing the typical 4 (and 5, and sometimes 6 and 7) thing of stringing the letters together in long lines. Spacing is random, if at all.

That he obviously totally gets the groupings of letters = individual words? Amazing :)

[calligrafiti.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is terrific writing for a kid Isaac's age! I bet his grandma will love it and keep it on her fridge for ages.

Edited to change "be" to "bet". Betcha Isaac wouldn't have made that mistake.