I am teaching the Monkey how to read, as English isn't taught till third grade in Israel. Last night she decided she wanted to play a game with letters; trying to find words that began with a certain letter. As it was Shabbat we could not write so we did this out loud. As I also wanted to read we limited the game to a few letters.
Later that evening, as I was doing the dishes, she came to me elbows pressed together, palms facing up, fingers outstretched as if she were cupping her beaming face.
"Ima, something strange and wonderful happened!"
"What?" I ask her, wondering what strange and wonderful thing could have occurred in the space of 20 minutes.
"You said we would stop after we did the S's and I accepted that!"
She got a hug, and a smile and walked away feeling quite proud of herself.
Now if we could only have more of those days!
Posted by Rachel Ann at October 23, 2004 07:36 PMi haven't been reading long... didn't know you live in Israel! neato. :)
your monkey sounds cute.
Posted by: sarahk at October 24, 2004 03:37 AM