I have a confession to make. I love reading (that's not the confession). I read pretty fast to myself but feel like I'm also pretty good at reading aloud (also not the confession). I really looked forward to sharing my love of books and joy of reading with my children. I started reading to Christin right away. We read Sarah Plain and Tall, Charlotte's Web, and even parts of Pride and Prejudice (my personal favorite) before she was 3 years old not to mention countless picture books of the highest quality. So here is the confession: listening to a 7 year old struggle through a book at the pace of a snail going backwards makes me want to stick tiny pins in my ears. I HATE read aloud time more than any other time in homeschooling. We can dissect sentences all day, sing a billion silly history songs, go through our whole Math curriculum and I'm great. I love homeschooling! But when it comes to reading time I just want to cry.
That's my confession for today.
That's my confession for today.
I know exactly what that is like!! Especially when it is the beginning of the year and the whole class is reading like that! There are times when I seriously have to hold my eyes open so I don't fall asleep! Just keep chugging along... She will do it!!
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Kendra Kammerer