Both boys are reading quite a bit now. DS1 prefers to have me read if I'm sitting with him, but today he read Can You See What I See (it's like "I spy") without asking for help even with me close by. I pulled out Everyone Poops and read it to them this afternoon for the first time. DS2 read it after dinner, only asking me a few words. DS1 helped with some of the words, which was great! Some of the time they both read the page aloud at the same time. That was fun to hear.
DS2 and I counted to 1000 today. I started by saying, "Let's count by tens." Me:10 Him:20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1and10 (a pause) what comes next (a smaller pause) 1and20 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 100and100 what's 100 and 100 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 500 (a pause) what hundred comes after 500 600 700 800 900 10-hundred what's another name for 10-hundred 1000! Mom and son were both happy at the end of that exchange!
