Exactly 8 days after we bought Justin’s Train book at Market! Market!, my son can now read the book on his own! First, he asked his Daddy to read the book to him. Before he went to bed that Saturday, he asked me to read the book to him again. For the succeeding days, he would try to read the book on his own using his fingers to guide him as he reads. He would stop at an unfamiliar word and would ask us how to read them. A few days before today, he was actually able to memorize the first five sentences of the book.
When I was working this afternoon, I heard him reading the book again on his own, and this time around he didn’t ask anyone for help with the words in the book. He read the entire book with ease! Just to make sure, I asked him to read the book to me. True enough, he can read everything. The book has a total of 19 sentences.
Here’s the entire text of the book Train by Jane Brett:
"The train is ready to go. All the passengers climb aboard. Toot! Toot! The driver sounds the whistle. This train is going to the top of the hill. It is a very long way to get there! Can you follow the track?
As the train climbs the hill, the driver puts in more coal. Big puffs of smoke come out of the engine’s smoke stack! Look! Some people are waving as the train goes over a bridge, past a river. Everybody in the train waves back.
Up and up the train goes and passes through a tunnel! On the other side at the next station, more people are waiting to get on. There are walkers, a cyclist and a family who are taking their dog.
Will there be enough room for everyone on the train? When it finally reaches the top, everybody gets off. Can you see where they are going? Now the train is ready to go back down the hill."
I know they’re being taught sight words in school, but they’re not reading sentences yet. I’m also not sure if his fascination with trains (the book is train-shaped, too!) has encouraged him to learn to read the book by himself. You see, he wasn’t as enthusiastic to read his other books, unlike this one. We also did not force him to read; he did it on his own accord. I bought him another book, a car-shaped book, this time, but he’s still not touching it, and we’re not really pushing him to read it. I guess that’s the best way kids learn. Justin is now 4 years and 2 months old as of this writing.
When I was working this afternoon, I heard him reading the book again on his own, and this time around he didn’t ask anyone for help with the words in the book. He read the entire book with ease! Just to make sure, I asked him to read the book to me. True enough, he can read everything. The book has a total of 19 sentences.
Here’s the entire text of the book Train by Jane Brett:
"The train is ready to go. All the passengers climb aboard. Toot! Toot! The driver sounds the whistle. This train is going to the top of the hill. It is a very long way to get there! Can you follow the track?
As the train climbs the hill, the driver puts in more coal. Big puffs of smoke come out of the engine’s smoke stack! Look! Some people are waving as the train goes over a bridge, past a river. Everybody in the train waves back.
Up and up the train goes and passes through a tunnel! On the other side at the next station, more people are waiting to get on. There are walkers, a cyclist and a family who are taking their dog.
Will there be enough room for everyone on the train? When it finally reaches the top, everybody gets off. Can you see where they are going? Now the train is ready to go back down the hill."
I know they’re being taught sight words in school, but they’re not reading sentences yet. I’m also not sure if his fascination with trains (the book is train-shaped, too!) has encouraged him to learn to read the book by himself. You see, he wasn’t as enthusiastic to read his other books, unlike this one. We also did not force him to read; he did it on his own accord. I bought him another book, a car-shaped book, this time, but he’s still not touching it, and we’re not really pushing him to read it. I guess that’s the best way kids learn. Justin is now 4 years and 2 months old as of this writing.
7 pensive thought/s:
It is so exciting to hear your child read on their own. Congrats!
wow! well done Justin! another milestone :)
This is nice mommy! He can already read on his own :)
My son has started reading as well. How exciting is that? I was shocked at how quickly he was able to read his poem today, and my 3 year old is able to read a couple of words as well. It's so exciting to watch them learn!
how exciting tlg, even mabagal magbasa, pero un effort na ginagawa nla just to read, nakakatuwa na
galing naman ni justin. good job justin! keep it up.
hi tetcha, about the icons under each post, i can help you if you are using blogger platform. just go to your dashboard, click design then click the edit on the blog post. tick the show share buttons then save. the icons will now automatically appear under each blog post.
if you are using word press, sorry to say i cannot help you kase hindi ko rin alam. sana blogger gamit mo. =)
God bless!
That's wonderful! Better go the Manila International Book Fair this weekend to encourage him even more! :)
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