The child who wrote a word for the first time was full of excited joy.
In plain words
Writing your very first word can fill a person with joy.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Montessori Method (1912), on a child's first successful writing — grepped verbatim in the staged Gutenberg text (id 39863).
- The Montessori Method
- 1912 · Describing a child's first time writing a whole word unaided.
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