For the Love of Books

He's reading! I can't believe that my baby is reading! This is one of the Snuggle Books Shaun's Kindergarten class brings home each day. There are no levels, no assigned books, and no set time frame that the children need to keep the books for. It's moreso like a free for all but the children are encouraged to choose one book each day. There's been some days where Shaun's forgotten to return his book and others where somehow he snuck a library book into the Snuggle Book bag but for the most part he's cooperated. The whole program is meant to be a casual and fun time that parents can spend with their child in hopes of making reading time fun rather than a stressful hassle.



The first few times Shaun brought a book home he refused to even try to read the title. Gradually he's been attempting more and more words in the books and lately has been reading the whole thing on his own. It seems once he gets the flow of these Early Readers, he picks up very quickly and just breezes through the book. I often have to remind him to point to each word so he doesn't skip over any - and that irritates him - and encourage him to sound out a word before giving up on it, but he really is reading.



The following video was taken this morning. It's the very first time Shaun's read this book.