tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378948947098078935.post259831120874256733..comments2023-04-11T08:28:01.262-07:00Comments on Down Syndrome - Up Up Up and Away!: My Reasons For Teaching My Child to ReadLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13770519849147434962noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378948947098078935.post-77471874853530885492012-02-16T23:45:46.068-08:002012-02-16T23:45:46.068-08:00Laura, I'm so glad you were inspired to write ...Laura, I'm so glad you were inspired to write this post. :-) And I love that you have the discipline to maintain such a wonderful blog! keep up the fantastic job - you are an inspiration to many!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320307277355696178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378948947098078935.post-68035161887957769712012-02-06T06:54:45.592-08:002012-02-06T06:54:45.592-08:00I love this, and could have written this myself! ...I love this, and could have written this myself! I had always wanted Sammi to be reading by Kindergarten, as I was when I was a child. Reading has always been a HUGE part of my life. We began working on a reading program when she was about 4 1/2, and she did *amazingly* well at it. She turned 5 in May, began Kindergarten at the end of August, and by September was reading beginner reader books. Now she'll pick up just about *any* level 1 children's book, and with help on some of the odd words she's never seen before, can read whatever she wants. Her voracious appetite for books that she's had since birth has increased beyond what I could ever have anticipated. Our children will surprise us in so many ways. Now I just hope she'll surprise me in math, too... ;-)Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963099760885760598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378948947098078935.post-53466617657766438782012-02-06T06:54:39.926-08:002012-02-06T06:54:39.926-08:00Because of work you and others have done, it was n...Because of work you and others have done, it was never a question in my mind that my beautiful daughter wold learn to read and enjoy books just as much as my typical daughters and i do. Thank you for all the work you hsve done to give me tools to use so I'm not reinventing the wheel. As to your discipline issue, we have that same problem at our house and it was brought up at all three of our conferences. At our house, its a huge punishment to be grounded from books!CMSavage6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03711817703263332681noreply@blogger.com