Joy-filled Reading

Learning to read is difficult work.  There are 26 letters, each having one or more sounds.  Reading is blending the sounds into words to make meaning.  It is a long and slow process.  And I recall many faces filled with joy as they read their first words and sentences  It was a complete light of satisfaction upon young faces.

Reading Aloud: Creating Connection & Joy

I’m a reader.  But it wasn’t always that way.  Learning to read was difficult for me.  I sounded out all the letters like I was taught to do, and I’d blend the sounds into words as best I could.  Reading was very slow and hard work. I didn’t read fluently and beautifully for a long … Continue reading Reading Aloud: Creating Connection & Joy