This evening, as I was reading Britton some bedtime stories, she asked if I could help her read some words. Lately, I've been stopping for one word on every page and helping her to sound it out. I try to mix it up and have her try different sounds - "sh," "st," and "ck" are our favorites because they are so common. The thing is, Britton has gotten many words correct, but it's because she recognizes the word, not because she's reading it. Until tonight, that is.
We were reading a library book from school, and Britton sounded out "bite." She went threw the sounds a couple of times then says "Bite. Bite? It's bite! It's bite!" I said, "Yes it is! Britton, you just read your first word. You can read!" Man was she ever excited! She of course wanted to read the entire book at that point, but we had just read five books and were both getting tired, so we went with one more page. The second word she read? "Wipe."
She wanted to go downstairs and tell the hubs the good news, and was she ever proud of herself. And we were proud right back!
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