His Homemade Books (by 4-year-old)

These two books 'The Pig and Squids' and 'Sea Life' are authored and illustrated entirely by Chipsy. He came up with the big ideas and went ahead to make them last week.

The only help he received was in the stapling of the papers and spelling of some words. As I was coaching M on something else at that time, I didn't even check on his work-in-progress until they were completed. I'm impressed with the complete sentences on most pages and how he managed to spell so many sight words himself. I decided not to correct his grammar at this point, considering that he managed to get quite a bit right by himself. 

Oh, the next day, I nudged him to color his drawings to make the book more colourful. Otherwise he was happy to just leave them black and white, just like his brother would do. :) 

Sea Life by Pig

The jellyfish has tentacles and it can sting you. 

The starfish has arms and bumps.

The octopus has tentacles. 

A blue whale has flippers and a big tail. (He insisted on writing the words in a clockwise direction and confined them to the tiny bubble-size space)

The sea anemone could sting you. 

The crab can pinch you with its pincers and it has eight legs.

The Pig and the Squids by Pig

In terms of progress, my 4-year-old has come a long way. Compared to the books he made between last Oct and December, there are obvious improvements in these recent ones. 

Like I always say, a few months is a long period of time for a preschooler. With the right methods, some perseverance and our loving attention, we can guide our child to progress far.