Reading...and reading, and reading!

Over the last couple of months Joel has shown an interest in learning to read, so we went to the library to get some beginning reading books. We joined the summer reading program where for every hour they read they get to enter a raffle for prizes, and after 10 hours, they get to pick out a free book! (It also counts to be read to, or listen to books on tape.) In the last 12 days, Joel has read a total of almost 13 hours! A good portion of this is him reading easy reading books! We are amazed at how well he is doing at learning to read words and sentences and whole books! He is also doing great at recording his start and stop times and adding up the minutes he reads.

Here is Joel reading at bedtime...he reads every night for anywhere from 20-40 minutes!

Maren has caught the bug, too! She will "read" books that we have read so many times she knows the words! We are also spending a lot of time reading all together. (Maren has clocked about 10-11 hours.)

As an avid reader and proud mommy, I love to see these kids be so excited about reading.