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First Word

First word? you may be thinking. Hasn't Maddy been a chatter box for several years now? Yes, yes she has. But, today, Maddy read her first word with no pictures or context to clue her into what the word she recognized might actually be. We were doing errands and stopped to fill up at Kroger. Maddy has gotten into this thing where she likes to get out and "help" by doing her version of "cleaning" the windows with the  squeegee. She didn't get to do that today because, much to her chagrin, the squeegee was missing. Instead she "helped" me pump gas. At the end, when it asks you if you want a receipt, press yes or no, I had picked her up to put her in the car. I quickly pressed "NO" on the keypad and turned to put her in the car. She asked, "Mommy, why did you say no?" Used to automatically fielding about 2.78 billion "why" questions a day, I automatically started to reply, "Because I didn't want a........" and then it hit me. "Maddy you read 'no'! Did you know that you could read? You read your first word!" Funny that it was "no". There's always the joke that it's the first word that kids learn to say, but in Maddy's  case I guess it goes for reading too.
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Ms. Embry said…
Yayy!!! There is nothing I love more than seeing kids learn to read! I get so excited when in the library I can get my little Pre-K and Kinder kids to read a few words...it amazes me to see the little wheels turning in their brains and realize they are learning the most important skill they will ever obtain. It is not surprising that Maddy might be an early reader as she was so early to learn her letters and sounds and she spends so much time with books. Anyways, I love this post! :)
May 31, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Anonymous said…
Go Maddy go!!
brittany
May 31, 2013 at 11:30 AM
bee said…
Maddy you are on your way to doing one of your.favorite things........,.READING. Way to go.
June 1, 2013 at 4:28 PM
Anonymous said…
Yay! How cool!

Amanda
June 2, 2013 at 1:51 PM
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