Adam on spelling his name
Since he’s been attending school, Brian of course has been focusing on spelling small words. He’s been able to spell his name for a while now. Adam has also recently started picking up on the idea of spelling his own name. For example, a couple of days ago I was looking at our white board calendar and holding Adam at the time. Since his birthday just passed, it’s still written on the calendar, complete with a picture of a birthday cake. He asked me if that is his cake, then asked me what the words next to the cake say. “It says ‘Adam’s Birthday’,” I told him, to which he replied “That says A-D-A-M!” (spelling out his name). I confirmed that indeed it did say “A-D-A-M,” pointing out the letters of his name on the white board.
A conversation we had this morning continued on this same thread. Adam had been playing with his wooden train set and had just been pointing out that he had used some incorrect track pieces on his train set and was fixing the problem:
- Kelli: “You’re pretty smart A-D-A-M” (spelling out his name)
- Adam: (No response)
- Kelli: “Are you A-D-A-M ?”
- Adam: “No, I’m Adam” (pronouncing his name)
- Paul (me): (to Adam) “What does A-D-A-M spell?”
- Adam: “Me!”
- Paul (me): “‘A-D-A-M’ spells ‘me’?” (I literally meant the word “me,” but he obviously thought I was referring to myself—i.e. my name.)
- Adam: “No, me!”