Outside of a dog, a book is a person's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to see. David tells this joke often enough that it's one of the few I remember. I've recently added a new one to my repertoire, courtesy of a children's book. What color is a burp? Burple. We read this one as a family. Vincent immediately chuckled, which made the rest of us laugh.
Where was I going with this? Books. We love them, we have lots of them, we read them together, and it pleases me so much when I see the kids reading alone. Or with each other. Or with their dog.
Zoe is bringing home from school something they call precodable books. They are a combination of high frequency (frequently seen/used) words, and pictures with words underneath, telling short and simple stories. She proudly read this week's precodable tonight. When she paused for an extra beat, trying to figure out what the picture represented, Vincent prompted her with the beginning sound "B...b..." He is learning to read right along with his big sister.
