oh the places you'll go!

you might remember my little academic e from two years ago. she's come a long way, baby, and this momma is thrilled.

at the end of preschool last year, e began to read. she could tackle the basic three letter words like cat, pan, bin, fun, men etc. she also had a few sight words under her belt, but fluency was lacking because there were so many letter patterns that she just hadn't mastered yet. none the less, i was pretty excited.

when she started kindergarten, it was like it all came to a screeching halt. she knew what she knew, but she wasn't going forward in any way. until now. since january, my little e has been rockin' and rollin'.

for the dr's birthday, i broke out all of his books that had been buried in the garage since the big move. e was thrilled. every night she sits up in her bed going through each of the books before falling asleep. tonight, as i was making my way into her room to tuck her in, i caught her reading away.

and in addition to books, she is a sign reading nut. every where we go she is taking in all the text she can. she reads signs at the dry cleaners, magazine titles in the grocery store checkout, signs on the gas pump, product names in rite-aid...

and i can't help but think, oh the places you'll go!