Reading

Let's just file this one under the "how is it possible I have a daughter who will be shipped off to all-day kindergarten in the fall" - seriously, how is it?  Tonight is Kindergarten night at her future school.  I will tour and meet with teachers who will end up seeing Ryan more than I will come August.  Her current preschool is amazing and is part of the school district so they really help prepare the little nuggets for what's to come.  Thankfully Ryan loves it - loves to learn - loves to play 'school' - etc.  We've been working on reading.  Insane to think this girl is beginning to read.

Anyway - she's really getting the hang of it.  We have some level 1 books, notebooks, stickers (and princess chapsticks - naturally).  When we read each story and get through the tricky words (which we write down the words she gets stuck on and practice in our 'school' at home), she gets to pick a sticker per sentence and add to her 'field journal'.   The chapsticks (which were intended purely to cure those darn cracked lips from a loooooong winter) apparently get paired with the matching princess from her books.  It's pretty precious to watch how happy and proud of herself she gets when she tackles a new sentence.    And even crazier to listen to her read a page to us.

Now if I can just perfect her typing skills, I'll hand over the blogging duties.