My Little Genius

I will preface this with saying Fletcher has a lot of shortcomings. He's a terribly picky eater, and he won't feed himself anything but cheerios and potato chips. Mark teases him by saying his mommy will have to come to the cafeteria when he's in high school and feed him. He also doesn't speak, but he communicates everything he wants through a series of gestures and grunts. He will only say mama when he's mad or upset, but otherwise he refers to me as UH. That said, he understands everything. Yesterday, it was close to nap time, so I told him to go get the book Brown Bear Brown Bear, What do you see? and we would read it. My mom was here (painting of course), and she laughed and said "I'll be shocked if he brings it." Well, he went to his basket of books and got it. I knew he would, but she was sure that it was a coincidence. So after we finished I told him to go get Where's Baby's Bellybutton?, and he did. I can tell him to do anything, and he understands perfectly. Go get your shoes, get your sweater, close the door, are you ready for a bath? It amazes me. He also loves to read, and for this I have one person to thank, Dean Schneider, a friend and former colleague. I asked him for advice after Fletcher was born on things to do with him especially how to make him a lifetime learner. He gave me a book called the The Read Along Handbook by Jim Trelease, and it changed my life. I recommend it to all parents and teachers. OK, I know book titles should be underlined, but I can't find that icon?