Its official, there is NOTHING like watching your child discover the world. Absolutely nothing compares to watching opportunities and possibilities just open to your kids. Lily Grace is reading! Her world just got a whole lot bigger! Oh the places she will go.
Her teacher has been having her avidly work on sight word lists and we have been encouraging her to recognize those same words out in the wild. Its hard to transfer that list of words on the pink list to that sign over there, but by golly, she's getting it.
I pulled out this Dory book on Monday and she helped me read through the first 2 pages. I had this brainy idea........."Lily, why don't we try to learn how to read this whole book by the time Daddy comes back from his trip on Wednesday?" She looked at me and with determination she boisterously exclaimed, "Okay Mommy! Let's do it." Any time we could we practiced reading each page and when she mastered it she got to put a sticker on the page. It was such a fun journey for her and she was SO proud of herself for actually reading.
By Tuesday night Lily had mastered reading the entire 30 page book. Aside from the trip up words, "They," "Many," "Deep," and "Color," the kid could read the entire book cover to tattered cover.
This is a momentous day because it is the beginning of a lifetime of being able to READ. It is special and not a privilege afforded to all. I am so proud of her and cannot wait to see how her reading will grow now that she has discovered SHE CAN READ!
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