It is a simple looking letter, and it leads many important words like ladybug, love, leg, and lollipop. However, learning to pronounce this letter is a tough task. In the past year, Maya's vocabulary has exploded. She seemed to learn and pick up new words everyday. Recently, to the astonishment of her parents, she used the word "automatically" in a sentence. How she learned that word I still dont know. The one letter and sound she has had trouble mastering is the "L". I guess it is just a tricky way the tongue has to work to say the letter is what is giving her grief. It is difficult for a three-year old. Words like "Claire" sound like "Care", and "Lemon" is "Yemon".
But not anymore!! Maya is on a mission, a quest. She is going to conquer the letter L. She has been studying hard and practing her Ls this week. Yesterday, she walked up to me and said, "liisten to this"...."Cllllaire". I gave her a double high-five and a big hug. She was so proud. Now she works on the L sound every chance she gets.
Maya does have a certain incentive too. I've heard some mention of a Barbie as a gift. How fitting that she is accomplishing this on LLLLLabor Day Weekend.
