Writing = Communication

Juniper has made amazing progress in her writing this school year. When she started kindergarten, she was resistant to any sort of handwriting. I'm just talking about penmanship. Other than her first name, any sort of independent spelling or writing as actual communication was not even in her realm of possibility. Her wonderful kindergarten teacher pushes the kids to be brave and take risks by doing things that are hard, and for Juniper that has been writing. We've also been impressed that without neglecting penmanship, her teacher has really focused on writing as communication.

And so now Juniper writes. On her own. With no encouragement from any grown-up. Because she wants to communicate information.

Of course, she also often needs encouragement to work on the things we  want her to write (thank you notes, homework, and the like), but I'm in awe of the fact that she has crossed some magical boundary where she recognizes that writing is communicating.

You may need a translation to understand her six-year-old spelling, but if you sound it out, you'll see that she's spot on:
evrething is puzls (eksept the cowch) = everything is puzzles (except the couch)

You may also need a translation to understand her six-year-old logic. This sign designated the entire living room, except for the couch, as a puzzle activity zone. The couch was a reading zone, for two or four at a time. (Look closely at the labels, and you can see that the preferred couch configuration is her and Violet.)