A Love of Reading

As I was growing up I LOVED to read.  I spent most afternoons after school at the library until my mom got off of work.  Blaine also has a love of reading and can be found most often with his kindle in hand reading a new book. We have always wanted to instill the love of reading into our children.  When Cooper started reading in Kindergarten and developed a love for books we encourged the habit and tried to always have books on hand and read with him often. Now Cooper is an excellent reader and loves to read.  When Carter showed an interest (more of an obsession) in letters at a very young age.  I started working with him everyday in the mornings for a bit.  He had a set of flash cards with his letters that he would carry around everywhere.  They were his favorite thing to carry around.  Cooper also read to Carter frequently after school.  Soon Carter started picking up on letters and the sounds each one made. That then led to him reconizing and sounding out familiar words and phrases.  It snowballed from there and now he reads on a Kindergarten level and is truely developing a love for books!  Here is a video I did of him recently reading.  It is a bit long, but it has a cute ending if you make it to the end! :)


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