reading

My very most favorite time of day is when Eliot and I snuggle into his bed and read books together. We’ve gone together from picture books to story books to chapter books, with some poetry, non fiction and comic books thrown in. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, we read every night, and have done so since he was born. And I have loved every single minute of it! Well, last night marked the next phase in this wonderful tradition that we have. Eliot read a book to ME. He read Green Eggs and Ham all the way through. Was it memorized, not really read? Some of it, I’m sure. But I prefer to think of it as “sight recognition”. There was also plenty of “sounding out”, so I know that the concept of reading is sinking in. Also, I was very impressed that he got all of the “on’s” and “in’s” etc. correct. That means that he was paying attention to the words, even if he sort of knew what was coming next. Regardless of any of those details, I think this is definitely a great first step! Tonight he’s going to read Hop on Pop to me. I can’t wait!