Literacy development

Elisabeth has begun asking to read words that she can decode (which is very exciting for her Daddy). It is now common occurrence that when we open a book, Elisabeth will ask,

"Is there a word that I can read?"

We find a simple two-letter word that she can decode (tonight the word was "to"), and every time we come to it in the text, she gets to read it.

It has been a wonderful transition for her in observing the flow of print, because obviously she wants to know when I get to the next "to" on the page so that she can read it. I'm really excited for her to develop a sight word vocabulary, in addition to being able to decode, so that when we read she can point out all the words she knows.