word building, letter writing, stamping to spell

My O-man wanted to make his get well letter special. He wanted to make it fancy he said, because he wanted to really cheer his buddy up.

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So I brought down the alphabet letter stamps–our favorites from Melissa & Doug–and I asked if he wanted to stamp his letter. Score! He did, so he got stamping. . .

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Word Building, Letter Writing, Stamping to Spell:

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I confirmed her suggestion, and Owen started using his two tiny fingers as spaces. He got hung up when there wasn’t enough room on the page for the ‘u’ in ‘you’ so I tried to squeeze it in for him.

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And I really didn’t need to, because he did know what he was doing. Sure, he moved back and forth between uppercase and lowercase letters, but at this point, that’s no big deal.

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Stamping Family Names

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Once Maddy was stamped, she went on to Owen, but before she started, I drew four little lines for her. You can put the letters right on these lines so each letter is in the right place.

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