First Lightbulb Moment

So, one sign that Little Man is actually quite smart is that he knows his letters, colors, and numbers. He may not be able to sing the alphabet song or spell words out yet, but he definitely knows them.

In kindergarten, you need to be able to understand the letter sound and put it with what the letter is.  He didn't know that.  He also couldn't spell basic words or even recognize words.

I had bought these letter/picture puzzle pieces before Little Man came to me.  And it was one of the first things he gravitated to.

But he never put the pieces together - figuratively and literally.  He loves the pictures and he loves the letters, but he never understood that they went together.

Until today...the lightbulb came on and it was awesome!  Since he was home sick today, he spent most of the day taking them apart and putting back together.  We worked on him looking at the first letter on the picture and finding it.  He got so excited and he understood it.

And just for reference, that is a dog bed he is sitting on but I do have a really nice couch and he even has a rocking chair for him to use but it's this dog bed he loves.  It's not like I make him sit on that thing...