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!