See & Spell

Last night I gave her the option of working on spelling (with her Melissa and Doug See & Spell toy) or reading books.  I figured both of them were educational, and one night without reading was all right.  She picked the See & Spell over reading books.   We worked on identifying the picture (such as a cow), finding the letters that spell cow (C-O-W), putting them in order to actually spell the work and then sounding the word out letter by letter.   She did awesome and did not even need my help!   After we finished with the set amount she begged to do more, so I indulged and let her do another.   To think my oldest baby is on her way to reading and spelling...