Rusty and Rosy Learn with Me Blog

Alex has started to pick out letters everywhere. Last night, when he was pulling on his pajamas, he said, “Look, mom! It’s an f.” He was pointing to the fly on his pajamas. Sure enough, from his perspective, looking down, the seam of his fly curved around to make an f. On a walk the other day, he noticed that the sand in the gutter had swirled into the shape of a c. He noticed that the telephone poles near our house are in the shape of a T.

Alex has been singing the ABC song since he was about a year and a half. He’s been able to recognize some of this letters for awhile now. But something has changed. He is fascinated by letters. He even picks out letters in his own scribbles. He’ll look back at his wild pencil drawing and find a tiny letter e or a bumpy letter m.

We haven’t been doing anything different at home. So I can only attribute Alex’s new letter awareness to his time on Rusty and Rosy. Here’s a little video to show how much he loves it … On the screen, he’s watching pirates collect ABCs with their treasure. (Do you think he’s getting out some angst, or what?!)

At the end of the song, there’s a button that allows you to repeat it. Alex always pushes the button. No matter how many times he watches the ABC song, he always sings along.