So Leif brought home a book the other day from school to practice reading sentences. He hasn't been so into reading to this point - dyslexia may play a role, or just lack of interest. Somehow though his teacher managed to psych him up for "a challenge". She took me to the side and encouraged me to just let him read a page or so at a time as he tires easily when reading.
That first night he sat down and read the book. He was so proud of himself!
And we are so proud of him. I have always been a reader and I just love that a whole new world is opening up to my little boy.
----------------
The flip side is Skadi who is much more like me as a kid with books. Leif enjoys books, but Skadi loves herself a stack of books. And lately she wants to do the reading.
I spent the other evening laughing out loud while she read a book to me. It amazed me how she had every word on the page memorized PLUS! The plus being all the silly things I say on any given page. There is one book "Hug" with only one word in most of the book. Well you have to ad lib there. And then the few pages of "Where the Wild Things Are" that have no words... well you have to add in there too. I had never thought about the fact that the spoken words are associated with the page and not words on the page.
About midway through I stopped giggling and just listening. Apparently my lack of giggles didn't go unnoticed...
Skadi: "why the surly look on your face?"
Me: (surprised) "What?"
Skadi: "why the surly look on your face?"
Me: (Laughter.)
I still have no idea where she heard that, I certainly don't use the word "surly".
----------------
As Skadi was "reading" one of her books there is a snake on a page.
Skadi: "Yikes, a snake!" she recites. "I don't like snakes I step on them".
And I hate to say that she isn't joking.
Over Thanksgiving break she and Leif and I went out for a walk (where I snapped the picture in the new header that I had to change to black and white because Skadi was wearing a purple shirt and Leif a yellow one - but it works black and white).
Skadi was bringing up the rear through the field while Leif and I examined a dead snake. Surely Skadi had to see us there. Right? RIGHT?
NM: "Umm Skadi watch where you are walking!"
Of course she stops dead ON the snake.
Leif: "SKADI! You are stepping on the snake!"
Skadi: (slowly looks down, screams and runs the rest of the way to the park.)
She talked about stepping on a snake for days.
No comments:
Post a Comment