Unlocking the Books

Lately, before reading bedtime stories to the bambini, Julie has been asking Clara to say all of the names of the letters in the title of a book to "unlock" the book. Sometimes she's game and sometimes she gets a little huffy and puffy in which case we just wait (because the book is locked--imagination: sometimes it's a drag). Not always, but sometimes, when Clara names a letter in her name, she will point to herself, or tap her head, or add, "Like me!" She will also point to Julie if she identifies an M for Mommy. Before we know it, she'll know the words, too, and lower case Ls won't be upper case Is and G and H will be totally locked down even though they are next to each other. But it's all very dear in the meantime.