Phonetic spelling has brought out the inner writer in our five year-old, encouraging him to dabble in various literary genres:
1) Short stories.
WIN I SAW A RNBW
I WAS SO AMZED
THE END
(When I saw a rainbow, I was so amazed. The End.)
2) Non-fiction/how-to manuals.
WUT DUS YR CAT DO (What does your cat do?)
CATS EAT MAOWSES (Cats eat mouses)
CATS PLAY WITH TOYS (Self-explanatory)
THE END
(When I saw a rainbow, I was so amazed. The End.)
2) Non-fiction/how-to manuals.
WUT DUS YR CAT DO (What does your cat do?)
CATS EAT MAOWSES (Cats eat mouses)
CATS PLAY WITH TOYS (Self-explanatory)
CATS NED COLRS SO PBOL NOH WHO IT BLNGS TO (Cats need collars so people know who it belongs to)
Of course, being the multimedia wonder that he is, Parker illustrates his own works. I particularly enjoyed the picture on page 2 of “Cats for Dummies”: in the right-hand margin, a mouse. In the left-hand margin, a Pac Man icon, with its gaping maw turned toward the mouse – and with a number of large dots drawn to connect one with the other. Actual literacy? Well on our way. Cultural literacy? Oh, we got there a long time ago.
3) Personal correspondence.
Of course, being the multimedia wonder that he is, Parker illustrates his own works. I particularly enjoyed the picture on page 2 of “Cats for Dummies”: in the right-hand margin, a mouse. In the left-hand margin, a Pac Man icon, with its gaping maw turned toward the mouse – and with a number of large dots drawn to connect one with the other. Actual literacy? Well on our way. Cultural literacy? Oh, we got there a long time ago.
3) Personal correspondence.
CAMDEN HERE IS YR BATMAN STCKR (Camden, here is your Batman sticker)
U R OSUM (You are awesome)
HAY NANA, I HV GTN BIG TOYS
SO U NO I GET BIG TOYS.
(Hey, Nana, I have gotten big toys, so, you know, I get big toys.)
That last example was, I believe, a rather heavy-handed attempt at convincing his grandparents that they really should go all out on his birthday present this year. Subtle, he is not. Ridiculously cute, yes; subtle, no.
Pictured above: one in a series of crayon-on-paper works featuring abominable beings. “Abominable” is one of Parker's favorite adjectives these days. This is the abominable bear. Not shown – my personal favorite, the abominable human.
Not to be outdone in the creativity department, the ten year-old (who now has two creative “credits” to his name – DVD of his twenty-second stop-action opus from filmmaking camp arrived in the mail last week, and bizarre pug dog/cobra hybrid that he designed online via the Cartoon Network Web site is featured in a filler ad that ACTUALLY APPEARS ON TV, running between CN shows - can you tell that I'm a bit more impressed by this than he is?) created several new Miis for our Wii. We now have the option of playing Super Mario Cart as Ricky and Carly Bobby, their sons Walker and Texas Ranger, and Ricky’s best pal, Cal.
Shake and bake, folks. SHAKE. AND. BAKE. McGlinchey boys definitely are shakin' and bakin' in the creativity department.
U R OSUM (You are awesome)
HAY NANA, I HV GTN BIG TOYS
SO U NO I GET BIG TOYS.
(Hey, Nana, I have gotten big toys, so, you know, I get big toys.)
That last example was, I believe, a rather heavy-handed attempt at convincing his grandparents that they really should go all out on his birthday present this year. Subtle, he is not. Ridiculously cute, yes; subtle, no.
Pictured above: one in a series of crayon-on-paper works featuring abominable beings. “Abominable” is one of Parker's favorite adjectives these days. This is the abominable bear. Not shown – my personal favorite, the abominable human.
Not to be outdone in the creativity department, the ten year-old (who now has two creative “credits” to his name – DVD of his twenty-second stop-action opus from filmmaking camp arrived in the mail last week, and bizarre pug dog/cobra hybrid that he designed online via the Cartoon Network Web site is featured in a filler ad that ACTUALLY APPEARS ON TV, running between CN shows - can you tell that I'm a bit more impressed by this than he is?) created several new Miis for our Wii. We now have the option of playing Super Mario Cart as Ricky and Carly Bobby, their sons Walker and Texas Ranger, and Ricky’s best pal, Cal.
Shake and bake, folks. SHAKE. AND. BAKE. McGlinchey boys definitely are shakin' and bakin' in the creativity department.
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