teaching kids to read

I couldn’t believe my then 3rd grader was turning his nose to a book I loved. Especially since he hadn’t even cracked the cover.

“That’s OK,”  I said. “But, you may not move from your seat and I will simply read it aloud to myself because I love it…”

I began to read and read.

Just when I could tell he had fallen in love with the story, and just at the height of excitement I shut the book.