{"id":2548,"date":"2010-03-30T20:08:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T02:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2010-03-30T20:08:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T02:08:01","slug":"signs-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2010\/03\/30\/signs-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ava’s kindergarten teacher, Ms. Michelle, warned us at the beginning of the year that we’d be surprised by how quickly Ava’s reading and writing took off after a short period of hesitation (a period we took, naturally, as a sure sign of some failure on our part to instill in our daughter a love of letters).
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\nMs. Michelle wasn’t kidding. Lately, Ava’s really become engaged with all the words she sees, which entails reading and writing them. A great example is the lost dog poster she created yesterday. After a brief encounter with a loose Husky in our neighborhood last night, Ava came inside and sat down to create a poster she could hang on our front porch. It went a little something like this:<\/p>\n

\"stray\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I love reading how she hears these words. The only word she asked for help with was “husky,” which I’m going to take as a sign of her confidence, whatever its actual psychological meaning. I’m not saying she’s a genius, I’m just glad it looks like she’s going to be able to read and write well enough to fill out a job application one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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