See Courtney Read. Read Courtney Read.

As Kindergarten winds down for my bitty one, I have really been enjoying the process of listening to Courtney learn to read.  She seems to have a slower, more methodical approach to the whole process than Christopher ever did (shocker, I know...not sure I can use "slow" OR "methodical" in many sentences when describing Christopher!), which has provided more opportunities for me to hear her trying to make sense of printed language.  As I listen to her develop her decoding skills, I am reminded of just how complex and inconsistent written language can be.  Here is tonight's example:

Courtney found a church bulletin from a few weeks back in the back seat of the van and attempted to read it while we were driving along.  The front read:

April 8th

St. Paul's Church

10:00 a.m.

She read:

"April Eight-ith

Street Paul-Tall-Comma-Ssss Church

One Thousand A period M period"

The way I figure it, she'll be through, To Kill A Mockingbird by the end of the summer.