Someone is Learning to Read!

That's right, Samuel is learning to read!!!  (And he isn't even 5 yet!!!)  We are so excited and proud of him!!!  Almost 2 months ago we purchased and account with a really cool internet based company called ClickN READ Phonics and Samuel absolutely loves it!  He started at the beginning and now is on lesson 21!  He calls it his "dog game" because the mascot of the program is a dog. The dog's name is ClickN Kid. 

 

Through this program Samuel has learned the letter sounds for 18 letters so far and is working on site words and word families too.  Also, he has been working on picking out the letter sounds in words and also reading small sentences as well.  In fact, just yesterday, for the first time EVER he really tried to read the sentences that the program has been working on.  He usually just listens to them as they are read, but not yesterday!  Samuel actually read 3 sentences!!!  "The cats ran to Sam."  "Sam ran to the cats."  "The cats ran to you."  I couldn't believe it!  We were both so excited that we started cheering!!! 

 

This program has been a real blessing for us because Samuel is actually excited about learning.  I have tried in the past to sit down with him and help him sound some letters out in one of his favorite books, but that didn't work.  This way, he is enjoying the learning process and I am enjoying helping him along.  Not only that, but Iva always sits in and listens so who knows what she may be learning too :-)  I am loving it!!!

 

Way to go Samuel!  You are doing great buddy!!!  Keep it up :-)