Reading

Zoey is starting to read some three-letter words! I really didn't expect her to get it (reading) until sometime next year but we kept plugging away at our phonics. She has been reading little words for a few weeks now but yesterday she read her first sentence all by herself! She was so excited. The sentence was, "Pet the cat." She wanted me to read it first, this is what we usually do, but I told her I knew she could do it. Once she did that I added another word to it, "Pet the wet cat." We both agreed we would not want to pet a wet cat, lol. She likes so write and asks me to spell words all the time but now when she asks me she already has the first letter or two sounded out herself. I must admit I am having a great time teaching her to read among other things. It is not easy and sometimes downright frustrating but to see her reading is so wonderful.

Meanwhile, Sierra is counting everything, finding "o's" everywhere  (her favorite letter) and just learned to cut with scissors. In no time at all she went from barely holding the scissors to cutting correctly.  She is wanting to cut so much and in such tiny pieces that I started giving her papers that need to be shredded. It saves me some time. I have even got her cutting over the trash can. She also talks all the time now. She is quite the chatterbox. It wasn't that long ago I was worried about her not talking.

I hope to have more week reviews soon. Thanks for reading.