Thank you RW for that story. It reminds me of my own DD.
Ever since she was knee high to a grass hopper she wanted to read, so I taught her. I started by buying the reading books that the schools use in 1st grade, and it just escalated from there.
I can remember being on a plane trip with her once....she was probably 2 & 1/2 and she was reading to me from a book. There was a middle aged gent beside us and he was open mouth flbberghasted! He just couldn't believe such a tiny tot could read, and he said so. He was totally spell bound the entire time she was reading
When she started school, it wasn't long before I had a letter from her 1st grade teacher to let me know that my DD had read every single book that they had in the library for 1st and 2nd graders, and that they were sending out for more.
She's 31 now, and nothing has changed. She still lists reading as her favourite past time, and it's always been top of my list as well. The only difference is the material we read. Our tastes are as different as chalk and cheese!
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Originally Posted by Riverwild
...I've often wished I could thank all the people who gave me this gift, who took the time to pass on the love of reading to me, who taught me how to travel to far places by opening a book. While writing this, I've realized that maybe I have done just that.  |
What a lovely thing to say RW. I'm thinking that at least reading is one of the good things I've done for my DD.....I passed on my love of books.
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