Tanner sits in on class while Brennan does Kindergarten in homeschool. While Brennan has quickly picked up on almost everything Shannon teaches him, including learning to read, Tanner hasn't always shown much interest:
"Tanner, this is the letter e, e says eh; elephant and eskimo, eh, eh, eh. So what letter is this, Tanner?"
"I don't know."
After two or three weeks we were getting concerned that at four years old, this was just lost on Tanner and we should give up and try again next year. Then it suddenly started to click:
"Tanner, this flash card says t-u-b, what does that spell?"
"Butt! He-he-he."
Ok, we need to work on the whole left-to-right thing, but yes, tub spelled backward is but. And he realized it in mere seconds (and then giggled about it for several seconds more). Yesterday, Tanner went through 20 or more flashcards of one syllable words, sounding them out on his own and reading them correctly. Way to go, Tanner!
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