I Didn't Even Know It

December 3, 2008

I went to visit a private school today to see about 1st grade for Alexis next year. The director asked if she could read. I informed her that she could not! She seemed a bit concerned since Alexis is six years old and in Kindergarten. I informed the director that Alexis knows all of her letters and the sounds they make. The director stated that she felt Alexis was on the verge of reading. She advised me to go to the book store and get the BOB reading books. I was then on my way to pick Alexis up from school. While I was there, I consulted her teacher about Alexis's reading skills. I shared, that I felt like she is just about to start reading. She looked at me with wide eyes and said, "Alexis reads to me everyday." Next we were off to the bookstore. I asked the associate where the BOB books were? The associate pointed them out to me and I soon discovered these BOB books were the same books Alexis comes home with each day in her backpack that we practice reading each night. I then sat down on the carpet at the bookstore, took one of the BOB books out and asked Alexis to come sit down and see if she could read it to me. She opened the book and began to read. She read the entire book! I asked her why she never told me she could read, she softly said, "I didn't know I could read, and I learned today."