We have struggled with teaching our second son to read.  He will be 6 in April, and still can't read.  Our first son read at like  4 1/2, so this is so frustrating for us.  BUT, that;s about to change!!!!

Today, he brougth me a paper that said "Monday" on it and said "Momma, this says Monday."  I was so happy, but I figured it was b/c we're working on tthe days of the week and he recognized it.  So, here we are 3 hours later, and I wrote "Today is Monday" on a paper.  I have never wrote this before.  We usually just fill in the date on his school papaers.  I asked him which word was Monday, and he pointed to it.  Then I asked which word was Today, and he pointed to it.  That left is, and he pointed when asked.

Just now, I wrote cat, fat, hat, rat.  I asked him which word was cat.  He missed it.  BUT, he got the other 3 words without a problem!!!   This is so great.  This tells me he is starting to put the sounds of letters together, finally.  I know it isn't reading, but we're so much closer than we were even a month ago!!!!

My heart is swollen with pride!  You should've seen his face!

Hope