Keianna is moving merrily through her 100 Easy lessons, and now sounding out words she sees everywhere. Sounding out the pizza box, she knew that our junkfood was, "Hot 'N Ready!" It is such fun to see the pieces come together.

Slowly comprehension is coming too. Several weeks ago a lesson would go as follows:

Keianna sounds out slowly, "Thhhaaat raaaaaaaat is saaaaaaaaaaad." Then a little faster. Then she'd read the sentence again, finally at normal speed. Next I say, "Great! You just read, "That rat is sad!" Let's read it together. We read it together.

Finally, I ask, "So, what animal do you think the story is about?" Keianna, "A kitty cat."

Me, "Hmmm... let's read it again." (Keianna would read it, then I would repeat it.)

Me, "There is a rat in the story. Was he happy or sad?" Keianna, "He was happy!"

Me, "Well, the sentance said, "That rat is sad." Why do you think he was happy?"

Keianna, "He liked to smile and squeak a lot."

This past week or so though, she's actually made connections with what she just read! Today she read "The man sat on the goat. The goat can not see."  After reading it just once, she said, "Poor goat, the man might squash him, and he would say, "ow!"

So fun to watch the progress.