A, B, C (Anna)

Emma's very interested in letters at the moment, so she's continuously asking "What letter is that?" Then we give her the letter and come up with as many words as we can think of beginning with that letter (surprisingly few...B...uh...B for bottle...B for balloon...B for Barbados...B for, um, beatification...oh right, B for baby, ball....) But she's not completely confident with the concept. Last night, she was eating chilli and pulled out a bean. "What letter is this?" she asked. So we're trying to explain that not everything is a letter. And then there's punctuation. "What's this?" she'll ask, and we'll say "It's a dash." She looks at us expectantly, and says "Dash for....?"