Invented Writing

I worked at John Holt's Bookstore in Cambridge in the early 1990s. We sold a book called "Gnys at Wrk : A Child Learns to Write and Read" by Glenda Bissex. Apparently Glenda was talking a little too loudly on the telephone while her son was teaching himself to write. So he wrote "GNYS At WRK" ("genius at work", in case you didn't get it!) on a piece of paper and held it up to her. She got the message and that led to the book. It used to be a good seller, although I have not read it yet.

Anyhow, Supriya has been drawing pictures in her notebook and writing stuff using similarly invented spelling. One picture has several plates and silverware and "PLIT MANNRS" written underneath. I could see that she wanted to write "polite manners". After our recent sledding trips to Tyler Park there was a picture titled "TILR PRC". Manisha and I are thoroughly enjoying this and encouraging Supriya to keep writing.