Let it be known...
...that on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, a few weeks before her 5th birthday, Alice Lank started reading. That is, she has been reliably sounding out three-letter words with regular short vowels for awhile. But Tuesday night she lay down at bedtime with her mother and a Berenstain Bears book and labored for half an hour to get through three pages.
Her mother was most admiring of her resilience in the face of irregular phonics. Confronted with said or night she didn't get frustrated with the letters' refusal to obey the rules. Rather, she absorbed the news that they didn't, adjusted her efforts, and kept plowing through.
Not sure which is more admirable: the reading, or the resilience.
Exciting times ahead.
3 comments:
Bravissima!
am I terrible for remembering this post when you describe brand-new reading skills? major congrats to Alice, but for you (not that you should not also be proud!): http://jenhatmaker.com/blog/2013/05/30/worst-end-of-school-year-mom-ever
Woo-hoo! How wonderful! Go Alice! :)
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