A major leap took place in my house this morning, a moment when I realized my little boy is not so little anymore.
For the first time, my soon-to-be first grader picked up a CHAPTER BOOK and started to read it.
Last week he received a set of Cam Jansen books from his aunt.
This morning when I suggested he read them he said, “But the words are so small.”
Then he opened the package and flipped to the first page of the first book. “They’re not that small,” he said.
He sat down at the breakfast table with the book and to my surprise, he started to read outloud.
It took some stumbling. I bounced over between getting food on the table and lunches ready to help him with difficult words. I wanted to drop everything but knew that would make us later than we already were.
But I did let him read as long as he could.
He put the book down and said he would do more tonight.
And tonight, nothing is going to distract me from being right there with him.

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