I can remember first learning to read at home, my mom teaching me little things. For example she taught me how to write my name. She would tell me to sound out the letters one by one, then put them all together to make a word. I remember the hatred I felt towards her for giving me such a "hard" middle name, Christine. Sure it looks easy now but as a four year old, not so much! Of course I love it now however back then I thought of it as one of the hardest words to spell. She also taught me little words such as "the" or "what." I only knew how to say them by memory and eventually learned off of that. When I began kindergarden, it became easier and I had reading and writing down!
My favorite series of books were the Berenstain Bears collection. The Berenstain Bears was a show about a loving mother and father and their two kids, but all in bear form. I would come inside from playing everyday just in time to watch the T.V. series. One day while at the library in elementary school, I saw familiar faces on the covers of these books! I was so excited! No longer did I have to wait for four o'clock to roll around!
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