Abby is Reading!

Out of nowhere Abby has started to read! Over the past year we've been working with her on phonics and sounding out words, but she has been so resistant that I haven't really pushed her too much. Then two days ago I called the school to see what type of reading program they are using and they mentioned they were doing the 100 book challenge in addition to their regular program. When I told Abby about it she was very excited and wanted to do the challenge also. Since I hadn't heard her really read much without struggling I thought she wouldn't be able to do much more than picture books, but she has already read 27 simple sight word and word family books. She is still sounding out and guessing a lot, but she is definately reading!

Busy Summer

Labor Day is over already! It's been a while since I posted and I figured now that things have slowed down a bit, I might as well catch up on the blog. The summer went by so quickly! Abby had the best time with all of our themed weeks - Pirates & Princesses, Retro, Disney, Country Western, and so much more!

This summer I really saw her begin to bloom and make some good friends. She met a little girl named Autumn who lives just up the road, and her friend Juliet and her seem to be getting along much better this year as well.

We also had a great time this year as well. We met the greatest new friends - Pat and Debbie - and have had such a good time hanging out with them. We're planning on meeting up again with them this winter in Florida, and we actually hope to see Pete & Rita and Kati & Vern sometime as well.