Owen the reader

If you know our family, you know that literacy does not go unnoticed. When your momma is a early childhood researcher who focuses half of her work on early literacy, you can wager that there will be some strategies that creep into our home interactions.

So, it comes as no surprise then that we started Collin down the road to reading when he was about 3 I think and had him reading just before Kindergarten. He's an avid reader now, so its fantastic to see that hard work pay off.

Owen though, not to be overlooked decided that he wanted to read too. When I was doing reading lessons with Collin he would ask for his own reading lessons, and when he was about 3 1/2 we started to appease him. It didn't take him long- he seems to make sense of letters and sounds in a way that is natural to him. The words roll right off his little tounge. And so, we committed to another round of teacher your child to read in 100 easy lessons. Owen took it on like a champ and buzzed through the book finishing up in September of 2015 at the ripe age of 4 and a half. He was ecstatic about doing his own reading and how has really taken a liking to the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Williams. I love watching him work through text and build his fluid reading skills. Sometimes they take us awhile and he still needs help on some words, but overall, he's off to a fantastic start. Here's a video (warning, its long, it takes him like 18 minutes or something to read the book) but its an adorable window into how books interact with his life.

In a few years I am sure I'll watch this video over and over and wish for the days when he was still a preschooler just learning his way in this world. Today thoughts, its a bright shining moment to be proud of our persistent Owen.