And Just Like That

I know I posted about Josh reading his first book recently, Inside, Outside, Upside Down. It's a pretty simple book, using the words from the title and a few additional simple words to round out the story. Since then I'd like to say Josh and I have spent a lot of time practicing reading, but we haven't. I read to him a lot, every day, but it's only maybe once a week that he reads to me.

And that is why I was beyond surprised to overhear the lilting cadence of Green Eggs And Ham floating to my ears yesterday from the bedroom he shares with Luke. Could it be? It was! There he and Luke were, sitting on the floor, absorbed in the crazy world of Doctor Seuss. And he was reading every word correctly, except for "would," which, when he looked up and saw me watching, he asked what word it was. After that he proceeded to read four more books...with a little more help from me, but still! Wow! It's just so amazing to me. That book isn't easy and it's long!

My experience with my boys has been when they get it, they just get it. I assume that is true for most kids. That one day they just start to understand the process of figuring out words, be it when they are three or when they are seven. It has been at different ages for the three of my boys who read, but once it clicks in...wow. It's just one of those things that absolutely fascinates me about the child mind!