Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Wow Moment

Today when we started kidschool the kids went to choose books that they were going to read aloud.  Logan chose a "We Both Read" book.  Annie objected because that was one of 'her' books.  We have a rule that Logan isn't allowed to read 'her' books (the ones we check out specifically to work on her reading) before she does, simply because she'll listen to him and memorize the words.  Thankfully, Logan was ready with a very appropriate compromise in this situation.  He recognized that he could read the parent part while Annie still read the child part.  (This was probably his original plan anyway.)  That satisfied her and we sat down for what I expected to be a very normal reading time.  Much to my delight, however, Logan took over working with Annie today!  He helped her sound out each and every word EXACTLY how I would have done it (maybe better) for half an hour (afterwards she was so inspired that she wanted to read two more books).  I LOVED it!  I don't think there are many things better than watching that kind of love from a big brother to a little sister.

2 comments:

  1. That is awesome! What a good brother and sister!

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  2. This is probably the greatest benefit of being an older sibling ... learning to teach from such a young age! Lucky Annie, having a big brother who loves to learn so much :)

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