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Learning to read!

This photo was completely un-scripted!

I was across the room in the kitchen, when I heard Jorja's story start:

"Once upon a time there was a girl..." And she was off. Jorja really loves that opener!

I heard her comment about whales and a kangaroo (two different books) and then asked me if Ariel was a whale or a shark ...and when I turned around, I saw this pretty picture -

No wonder Ethan was so quiet - he was concentrating very hard on his reading lesson!

I am so grateful for Jorja's interest in reading. Admittedly, we didn't have a big role to play in it. It's thanks to the gifts of book sets from loved ones that first sparked it and now Jorja is very keen to have anyone spare a moment and read a few lines with her. (I say WITH her because she's highly likely to takeover the story-telling time.)

I can only hope that we will help her nurture her interest in books and that it will develop into a love for reading - the powerful resource that it is!

...And in a few years time, perhaps we'll catch another moment like this?

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  1. MimiMay 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    What a lovely picture and equally lovely story: love to you and your very precious little ones.

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