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[siercia]

She has been seriously bitten by the reading bug. I figured that one day we'd just transition from having to encourage her to try to read new things to her deciding it was worth the hard work of learning, and boy was I right.

Sometime in the past week or so (maybe while I was gone) she's suddenly decided she WANTS TO READ. I first noticed last week when she tackled her new Dora book nearly all by herself. Since then, she's been trying to read everything, even my beer bottle at the dinner table. Definitely exciting times.

Even cuter is that sometimes she asks me to just read to her.

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[melopoeia.livejournal.com]

Yay! I should dig up a copy of Nessie the Mannerless Monster. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571162134/202-0317555-6246211)

She would love it.

Hmm. Well, there's something to scrounge next time I'm home, provided it hasn't been given away.

[siercia]

That looks awfully cute. I bet she would love it.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

So how did you encourage her in the past?

I think it's sweet that she asks you to read to her!

[siercia]

She's been demanding that we read to her since she could crawl (sometimes carrying the book in her mouth when she needed to).

Encouraged her previously just by suggesting that she try a page, or a few words on a page, sticking mostly to 3 and 4 letter words. Before that, we had her alphabet magnets on the fridge, and we would play the word game, where she would ask us to make a word with the letters, and she would help us figure out which letters we needed by sounding out the word and matching the sounds to the letters.

[bigmeanie.livejournal.com]

Saturday was the first time I'd heard someone her age use "eczema" correctly in a sentence. "I have eczema on my elbow." :D She is the cutest thing!

[siercia]

Thank you =)

We're pretty pleased with her ourselves. Hee.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found her "reading" switch the other day and gave it a toggle. *CLICK*

[winkymonkey.livejournal.com]

This is great! I love kids who love to read!!! Since I read to the "kiddiegarters" all the time I have a ton of suggestions. Be sure to introduce Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells. Pru loved it when she was a little reader. One I love to read to the little ones is The Monster At The End Of This Book starring lovable, furry old Grover from Sesame Street. And Don't Make Me Laugh by James Stevenson.

[siercia]

Thanks for the suggestions! We have Monster (it was on of MY favorites), I'll definitely check out Noisy Nora and Don't Make Me Laugh.