I've been teaching Abby to read for the last four months. There are few things as enjoyable, as rewarding, as teaching your children to read. Or so I've learned.
So why is this a historic day? Because Abby read her first book. Ever. It's called Sid and the Mess, and it's a little reader from Kindergarten. It's 10+ pages long, and is about a horse who knocks his animal friends out of the tree. It's not the best book she will ever read, but that's not the point. The point is that she read it. And is reading it even as I type this, right next to me. It's the third time I've seen her read it today, and the enjoyment and pride that she feels about this accomplishment is such a rewarding thing.
I hope that Abby's life, like Maddies, is spent reading. That she read my favorites - Les Miserables, A Tale of Two Cities, Ender's Game, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Xanth series, A Malady of Magicks, The Lord of the Rings. I hope I can foster a love of reading now, and throughout her whole life. But today, she read Sid and the Mess. I think that's incredible.
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