October 2014: a month of milestones

When we signed Sylvie up for French immersion they gave us very clear instructions: do NOT teach her to read and spell in English. She would get that on her own, they told us, in good time. It would confuse things and slow her progress to try and teach her too quickly.

Knowing that and accepting it are two different things. I, for one, have been a little stressed watching other kids Sylvie's age plow through books while Syl was barely able to sound out even rudimentary words. Then, all of a sudden, it clicked--just like they promised it would. She's still very much a beginner, but as tends to happen with such things she's making light years of progress every single day. And she's super proud and excited to be reading, which is probably more than half the battle.



Between this and the sudden bike riding, October 2014 is shaping up to be quite the month!