A week or two ago, I was chatting on IM with a friend when Katie sat down next to me. She cuddled for a minute, then started reading the IMs out loud. Sure, there were plenty of words that stumped her, but she was getting far more than I thought she could. Or, for that matter, should.
Katie has been reading little things for a while; even the occasional Eric Carle or Dr. Suess book. And she has looked longingly at Maggie’s longer, more grown up books and asked for chapter books of her own. She’s even tried to take some of Maggie’s books to read, but she just couldn’t quite do it.
So last week, while I was at the library, I picked up an easy reader chapter book for my baby. She “read” it in the car one day, and left it open to a page somewhere in the middle. This past Friday, I brought it back to her and mentioned that I was very proud of her for reading so much of the book.
Nah, she told me. Its too hard for me. I just looked at the pictures and skipped the words.
So we started on the first page. Honestly, I thought she was probably right. She couldn’t possibly read this chapter book. Not my baby. But she did. She read the first chapter aloud with me sitting next to her, and then decided she could tackle the next two chapters on her own. And she read every word on every page.
I think it is time to call her, officially, a reader.
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