More Reading

We are siting here in the computer room. It's past 9 o'clock at night and Supriya is doing some quality work. I am at the computer and Supriya is sitting in the butterfly chair next to me, struggling through Dr. Seuss's "Green Egss and Ham". She is determined to go all the way to the end, but it is not coming easily yet. In the beginning she was just reciting the book from memory. I told her to actually look at the words and try to actually read them. She is doing like I told her as she reads the book aloud. She keeps stumbling on many words, repeatedly on many others (would, could), and yet she ploughs on. I would have given up a long time ago! It makes me realize how much patience and perseverance kids have as a matter of course. They keep falling and getting up again in so many domains of their lives and still keep trying and trying until they succeed.

Note to self: remember to honor that process more.

It looks like she has made up her mind to read now. If history is any guide, she is going to be spending a lot of time on mastering reading in the next few weeks and months until the mission is accomplished.