I think I mentioned recently that Helen is starting to read. Tuesday night she read an entire BOB book on her own. This isn't great literature, of course. (Think "Mat. Mat sat. Sam. Sam sat. Mat sat on Sam. Sam sat on Mat." Scintillating.) But she read the whole thing all by herself.
I thought it appropriate to make a big deal about this. Not too big a deal, mind you, because if Helen thinks something is really important to you, then she will find every way in the world not to do it. But I told both Charlie and Joe that she had read a book by herself, then I told Cort over the phone (he was out of town), and I mentioned it to her teacher.
Will has been a little further behind on the reading curve. He knows a few words by sight, like CAT, DOG, MOM, DAD, and STOP. But if he tried to read the word "can" he would usually sound out c-a-n and then exclaim "cat!!" So, I didn't think he was really getting the whole sound-out-the-words-and-then-read-them thing.
So Wednesday night, Will said that he wanted to read a book. I thought he was going to pick a book that he had memorized. But he picked another BOB book. And then, lo and behold, he read the whole thing himself. (OK, he made two small mistakes, but then I had him re-do them and he figured them out himself.)
It looks like we are about to have two more readers in the family!
Never, ever underestimate the power of twin competition.
I thought it appropriate to make a big deal about this. Not too big a deal, mind you, because if Helen thinks something is really important to you, then she will find every way in the world not to do it. But I told both Charlie and Joe that she had read a book by herself, then I told Cort over the phone (he was out of town), and I mentioned it to her teacher.
Will has been a little further behind on the reading curve. He knows a few words by sight, like CAT, DOG, MOM, DAD, and STOP. But if he tried to read the word "can" he would usually sound out c-a-n and then exclaim "cat!!" So, I didn't think he was really getting the whole sound-out-the-words-and-then-read-them thing.
So Wednesday night, Will said that he wanted to read a book. I thought he was going to pick a book that he had memorized. But he picked another BOB book. And then, lo and behold, he read the whole thing himself. (OK, he made two small mistakes, but then I had him re-do them and he figured them out himself.)
It looks like we are about to have two more readers in the family!
Never, ever underestimate the power of twin competition.
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