Reading!

As I mentioned in the previous post, Paige has always responded well to sticker charts.  She was starting to get jealous that Rose had a sticker chart with new stickers and she didn't.  I reminded her that she also had a sticker chart when she was potty training, but then I figured she could also have a sticker chart for reading.  I kept trying to get her to read her My Little Pony books to me, but she was never interested.  As soon as I put the sticker chart up she was reading us 1 book a night, and even though the chart is done she still wants to read 1 book a night to whoever is doing her books that night.  I think as she got going she became more confident with her reading and realized she could actually do it, and sound out most words in her phonics books and level 1 books. 

Paige also finished her chart, and her reward was to go to Chapters to pick out 2 books--one she could read to me, and one we could read to her. 

I'm really impressed with her reading.  The chart really motivated her and got her into the swing of things.  I was worried she wasn't being pushed to read at school and then a program started in the classroom where she brings home independent reading books every day.  I'm glad because before that she said they were supposed to be identifying letters at school, which she told her teacher was "too easy".