My reader

Mia is such a reader now. She has discovered that she can read the books in our book shelves at home. Usually, her teacher (Grandma) sends home books from the school library. The books are geared towards what the class has learned that day in school, so they reinforce the reading rule, or letter family. Mia has never ventured out of that safe place of reading only assigned books, until today! Today she discovered that all books have the same kind of words in them, and all she needs to do is tap the words out! I'm so proud of her. She said she can't wait to be able to read chapter books. I'm sure we still have a ways to go, but not far. She has a difficult time remembering the difference between a "d" and "b", and there are some reading rules that she just hasn't learned yet.

She is lovein' the new found independence of being able to read and write! Rich gave her a few old journals that he found in his room while he was cleaning it...............I'm still trying to believe that one. "My son cleaned his room, without having to be told to"................my jaw is still on the ground! Back to my story, Rich gave Mia a few journals, and she writes in them all day long. She will occasionally ask me how to spell a word, or name but she is pretty much independently writing. Maybe she will be the reader, and writer that I always wished I could be. Who knows.....................

Here is a video of Mia venturing out of her comfort zone.

I love to watch her facial expressions. Her mouth does the cutest things, and her eyes become very intense when sounding out a word.

("interesting face Mia")

(FYI: videos take forever to upload. I won't be doing this much.)