"At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book-that string of confused, alien ciphers-shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader."
This is by far one of the best part of my job! Every day I see the wonder of reading in the eyes of the full day kindergarten children. They are all on the path to reading reading sentences independently and each will reach this goal in his or her own time. Witnessing the sparkle in a child's eyes when he or she says, "I read the words!" is priceless.
Exposure to a wide variety of reading every day is essential as children learn to read. They should hear and see stories, poems, rhyming books, informational books and other types of texts all around them. Immersion in a literacy rich environment coupled with balanced literacy instruction moves children toward the goal of reading words independently.
Every child is already a reader in our class. Children read pictures, popcorn words and retell old favorite stories. Reading widens children's worlds each and every day. I look forward to seeing all the reading children are doing at home for our incentive reading program at school. Read, read and read some more.
Until next time!
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