Reading in Bed

Tonight for the first time Adelaide chose to read by herself in bed. She's been reading to me every night for more than a year, and I read to her afterwards. Tonight we had a special outing to a friend's school for her International night, and since we were getting home late when Adelaide asked if she could read in bed I told her she could but we couldn't do our regular routine too. She debated for a while, but she's really into her current book and feeling proud of herself for reading a chapter book on her own, so she chose to skip our usual.

We'll keep reading together because we both really enjoy it, but it's really fun to watch her begin to change from a reader to a pleasure reader. She can't wait to get up in the morning and open her book.

Summer Reading

Adelaide was very excited about joining the summer reading program at the library near her school. At first I told her we were only going to do the one at our neighborhood library, but she was really determined to do the other after hearing about the prizes from the librarian who came to talk to her class. So, we went and got a new library card and signed her up. We usually get a pretty big stack of books when we go to the library, and this time was no exception.
The goal for the summer is to read or be read to for 1000 minutes. The kids color in a square for every 20 minutes they read. We started keeping track on Monday, and Adelaide is more than halfway to her 1000 minutes. She is a reading machine!This morning she set herself up with her stuffed animals, blanket and pile of books. She read about 10 books before heading off to camp. She almost lost her breakfast to the cat, she was too busy reading to eat.

The "aha" moment

Adelaide has been reading for a while now, but I think she has not yet had that break-through moment where she feels like she's a reader. That is, I don't think she felt like a reader until today, when we stopped at the library for some new books. She read the title of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and got excited to check it out. She started reading it to me on our way out of the library, read it all the way home, read it sitting in the driveway,


walking up the stairs, and until I told her we had to take a break for dinner. She finished it after dinner, and was very excited to check out the rest of the stack of books we got. It made for a very fun afternoon.

Storytime by Adelaide