They each have their own little quirks, special details that make them so much fun to work with. Reading, for them, is like a maze, starting at the beginning, then trying different paths to finally reach the end. What's amazing to see is the progress they make just by practicing. From ants to words they gain autonomy as readers :)
Read
by Ann Turner
Do you remember
learning to read?
That book full of squiggles
like ants, escaped.
the teacher's big thumb
on the page,
your heart beating inside
afraid that all you'd ever see
was ants---
Then a word popped out.
"See," and another, "cat,"
and my finger on teacher's
we read "I see cat."
I ran around the room
so happy I saw words
instead of ants.
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