Stella has been getting better and better at reading at a very fast pace and can read 10-12 page books all by herself on the first try. When we were driving back from NJ after the holidays, we had stopped to get some food from Wendy's and was eating our meal in the car. Across from the Wendy's was a Texaco station and from the view from our car, the "C" in TEXACO was partially covered, making it look like a "G" to her. Stella looks over at the sign and says "Texago"!
Before that, when we were getting ready to exit off of the freeway, Stella looked at the road sign and read out aloud "exit" perfectly. Mind you, these are not words that we have taught her or have come across in our Hooked on Phonics or BOB books. She is learning to sound out the words in her head.
The most recent example that amazed us occurred at the Home Depot. We were there to buy new door knobs for our house and were stopped in the aisle deciding which ones to buy. Stella was in her stroller and looked at the door knobs that was at her eye level and says out loud, "Mama, that says Kwikset." And she was indeed correct. Kwikset was the brand name of the door knobs she was looking at. How she knew how to pronounce this without even sounding it out aloud is beyond us. But we are more than happy with her excitement for reading and so very proud of her accomplishments!
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