I am the happiest Mommy alive tonight

[LeftyMom]

My son sat down and read a book to me with very little help tonight. :loveya: I haven't taught him, he learned on his own.

[Left Is Write]

1. How sweet...

and what a wonderful moment for you. :)

[LeftyMom]

3. I was crying.

It was very sweet.

[LynzM]

2. That's awesome, LeftyMom!

Wow! Yay for your son, and yay for you! :bounce:

[bridgit]

that's great stuff, LeftyMom...

:hug:

[NMMNG]

4. You may not have directly taught him

But I'm sure you provided an environment that was conducive to him learning to read. Give him, and yourself, a hearty pat on the back. :thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. How wonderful for both of you!

I would be majorly proud of any child of mine doing such a thing...

Sounds like you have a wonderfully smart son!


:woohoo: :woohoo:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

6. So cool!

Reminds me of what Scout said about learning to read from Atticus.

:hug:

[hickman1937]

7. Get ready.

He's just getting started. Bet me, some days it's going to feel like you are barely hanging on to the tail of a galloping horse. Other days you're wondering how he ever made it out of the womb. Sons! Clueless and driven. Good luck.

[WCGreen]

8. I hope it wasn't Heather has Two Mommies.....

[LeftyMom]

10. No, it was Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?

What's the reading level on HH2M? Maybe he could read it to the family at Thanksgiving? :evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

19. that would be freakin' Hilarious.....

[Blue_In_AK]

9. That's so cool when that happens...

My youngest daughter (now 20) taught herself, too. I thought she had just memorized her books and could recite them back to me because I used to read to her every night, but one day when she was four she picked up a Stephen King book that was sitting on the coffee table and started reading it out loud to me. I nearly feel out of my chair.

[LeftyMom]

11. My parents thought that with me

So I read to them from the owner's manual for my aunt's Buick. :D

[Blue_In_AK]

13. My daughter developed a real affinity for Stephen King

after that and read almost every book he ever wrote. Did you end up reading all the car manuals?? :eyes: Seriously, it's a great thing when kids learn to read early and love it. How old is your son? Has he started school yet? My girl's birthday was in October and she had to wait a year to start school even though she was already reading everything she could get her hands on, so what I did to keep her challenged was start her with piano lessons. She ended up taking piano all the way through her senior year. She developed quite a math brain, as well, which I suspect was greatly enhanced by the music lessons. You might want to consider that possibility if your child isn't in school yet.

[LeftyMom]

14. I do have gearhead tendencies.

I spent way too much of my childhood reading my Dad's classic car magazines and I'm teaching myself maintainance skills.

LeftyKid's four and a half and homeschooled.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Sounds like you're doing a good job.

:toast:

[LeftyMom]

18. Thank you, I try.

He's an awesome kid, I don't know how much of that's me and how much is pure luck but I'm happy to take the credit. ;)

[DanCa]

12. Oh thats wonderful what book? Oh and I just want to thank my english

teacher for forcing me to read Lord of the Rings. Mr Wilhoit I owe you big.

[LeftyMom]

15. here's the book

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679881573/104-7976734-9865558?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

[qnr]

16. I'm a happy stranger, just knowing people still read :) Good job there

LeftyMom

[Syncronaut Seven]

20. My girl caught fire shortly before her fifth birthday.

In the span of a week she went from sounding out words to devouring whole books! Scary really.

She's 10 now and reading at 7-8th grade level. Makes her Papa proud!

We allow very little TV, she prefers books! :applause:

[mykpart]

21. How wonderful! I remember the first time my son sat down and

read a book to me. He was 26 at the time! bada boom!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Congrats to both of you!

Today Sesame Street, tomorrow Tolstoy... :yourock: