Learning to Read

One of Katy's biggest transformations this year will be learning to read.  Learning to read will open up an entire layer of the world previously lost to her.  Everywhere she goes, she is surrounded by written words and up until this year, they have meant nothing to her.  

But now Katy is learning to read.  She constantly asks me how to spell different words, or she spells words for me.  The other day we were driving and I heard Katy say "Chuck" after passing a very large sign with the name Chuck on it.  The next day we went to Hobby Lobby.  When we parked, Katy insisted that she walk me to the correct store front in the strip mall because she wanted to prove she knew where to go based on having read the Hobby Lobby sign.  She is so eager to read and at this rate, she will be reading by the end of this school year!