Connor's Card

Today Connor and I worked on a project for preschool. It's called "Operation Christmas Child" and basically you fill a shoebox with gifts for a needy child. We went to Target today and picked out gifts. Tonight Connor worked on a card. While I was busy trying to fit everything into the shoebox (no small task), Connor worked on his card on his own. He decided to draw a family portrait. When I looked over I was very impressed with what he had drawn! It is very interesting to see the details he included. (Those are teeth on his smile.) The arms out of the head are so classic for beginning preschool drawings! After he was done he told me who everyone was. Then he turned over the paper and said, "I'm going to write my name." Now he has been able to spell his name verbally for a long time. While he writes/paints letters on his own, he has not attempted to write a word. We have not worked on writing his name either. I didn't prompt him or provide any guidance. He wrote backwards c, o, o, backwards r. It was so exciting. Needless to say we had to start working on a new card for "Operation Christmas Child" as this card is priceless!Ahhhhhh...I wrote this post on November 12 and it has taken me 2 weeks to post it because our card reader broke!!! Then it took us forever to replace it. Now I have so many things to post on here! I can never stay up to date!!!!!