Story Time!

Time for a little picture comparison. Above are two pictures of S. One taken over the summer, and one taken last night. There are a lot of similarities between the two, since it is not uncommon to see S flipping through a favorite book, looking at the pictures and making up the story as he goes along. There is a big difference between these two pictures, though.

In the first picture, S is just flipping through the book, making up the story as he looks at the pictures. In the second picture, S is actually reading a story to his Teddy Bear.

My MIL recently bought S a beginner readers book, with six stories in it. S worked long and hard to sound out the words in the first story "Me Too, Woody" and was soooo proud of himself when he could sit and read the story outloud. He read it to me, to J, to my FIL, to F, to his Teddy Bear, and to my MIL. He can't wait to bring it to my parents house so he can read it to everyone there, as well. And I have no doubt it will make the trip to McComb for Thanksgiving, so he can read to the entire extended family.

Truth be told, it's not a very fascinating story. And, under normal circumstance, hearing it once would be enough. But I could listen to S read it all day long. We had been told that, due to S's difficulty with phonics and sounds, he would very likely be slow to learn how to read. And, while I know that one short story is not a huge deal- it's a very big deal for us. I love how determined S is, and that he won't let difficulty keep him from learning something new.