since about mid of this year, jan started getting interested in letters, especially those that make up his name. he then would recognize his name when written in block, and could write his name using the keyboard. he then proceeded to learn to write mama, papa, oma and opa, all using the keyboard. he hasn’t been successful with handwriting these words, though. i supposed that he still lacked the fine motor skills required to control the pen. and since i thought it’s too early for him to learn writing, anyway, i decided not to pursue the activity.

but just last week, he asked me to show him how to write his name on paper. i’m guessing that although he can recognize the letters, he wants to see how the hand can manoeuver a pen to actually write the letters. and this morning, while i was making coffee in the kitchen, he came to show me what he wrote inside a xmas card we made last week:

good thing there are only three letters making up his name! oh, and he says, those black dots are raindrops, falling on a river, flanked by river banks, of course.

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