highlanders watertower

Driving the girls to Vacation Bible School this week, I've gotten a bit nostalgic. I used to make this drive every Wednesday to our church playgroup. Most times we'd get caught at the light at this intersection and I'd point out the water tower to the kids, first Sparkle, and then later Glitter. I spelled out the letters. I explained that the phonogram "igh" says "I." I sounded out the syllables and blended the sounds to make the word. I always wondered if the kids had any idea what I was talking about, but I did it anyway as part of teaching them reading readiness.



(We still go to church, but it's not the same since Wander drives.)