Brain at work

Jordan has completed his valentines for school... just in time. It was a big project. I am grudgingly sort of won over; it was a lot of writing, on the one hand, but it turned out to be a pretty authentic writing experience for him. He had to write everyone's name for a good reason - in order to give them something. He had to write his own name so that they would know who it was from. His friends have to be able to read what he's written, and so does he, in order to hand them out. He was very motivated and energetic about it, and quite proud of himself when he was done.


Research suggests, however, that this is just as important to his cognitive development: