Scene: Sofia enters Molly's room at the end of her afternoon "one hour rest" (she doesn't like to call it nap time lest she be pigeonholed into actually napping). Molly is looking at books in her bed.Sofi: Your hour is over.
Molly: I'm reading books!
S: That's great.
M: But I don't know how to read!
S: That's okay, you can look at the pictures.
M: Can you teach me to read?
So much for my Waldorfian visions of letting her wait until first grade to read. I should have known I never had a chance with her dads early reading and my own self-starter reading pre-Waldorf first grade.
We proceeded to talk about letters having sounds, letters making words, etc. "Dhuh!" "Dhuh!" she says. "That's the sound that D makes!".
Zach suggested making letter cards, so we sat down and made a few cards with letters (she already recognizes them all) and short word/picture combinations on the back. Any other suggestions on how to channel this reading excitement without turning it into a chore? Or where to start with this?
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