elifut

Claire is learning to read in school, so she is naturally trying to write words while sounding them out. Tonight I went back to her room to give her a kiss. She was writing a word in her new notebook.

She said, "Is this how you spell elephant?" It was spelled e-l-i-f-u-t.

I said, "Did you sound that out? That's pretty close!" And I wrote elephant below her elifut and told her how the "ph" makes a "f" sound (which she found very silly...and I would agree).

Anyway, I was a proud mama.