Reading

Faith is at it again. She has received her sight word books and has jumped right into them. After helping her sound out the two words of the book she has taken to reading it all by herself. What is even more exciting is that she loves it. Finally, all of those hours of reading has paid off. Some people just think that a child like Faith is just the same as others. Yes, she is but so much of her is different. I see her everyday at school and I see her independance. I am currently evaluating my four year olds in class and Faith's pre literacy is so far above and before a normal four year old it is amazing. As I did investigated into understanding more about our learning styles yesterday at a seminar I realized that her learning style is word smart and music smart. Although I am first music smart and then nature and picture smart, it is interesting that we both have a same learning style. And that is the reason she learns so easy with me. I learned yesterday at my Applebaum Training that I child needs to be exposed to roughly 1000 books before they can start reading for themselves. I think we probably hit the 1000 mark long ago and she just kept going. Thanks to Grace for her Disney Fairy books. She has finished three of them and is now reading and listening to Fira and the Full Moon. Here is the video of Faith reading "Go, Go"