Mathieu is very proud

He read his first book tonight. It was a bit a wax-on, wax-off moment for him for he didn't know he could read it until he did. And the entire family was there to see him do it. He was very proud of himself.

For the past week he's been practicing a list of words for homework. I've taken these words from the book "Biscuit and the baby". So every night since Monday he's been huffing and puffing while learning how to read the words, not understanding why I was doing this. Then tonight, after a bout of complaining I took the book out and he was able to read a few pages by himself. Sabrina was able to put two and two together, of course so she told him what had happened. He was happy and left it there.

When Suzanne got home, I gave him the book and he was able to completely read 95% of it by himself, even words he hadn't seen. Needless to say we were really proud of him. I could see he was really proud of himself and it feels good.

Bravo Mathieu :)

Both are very different with how they learn and I have found it hard to get him to actually read. Sabrina is easy; show her something interesting and by herself she'll go and learn a lot about it, slowly, methodically. Mathieu needs to be pushed, will complain all the way until something happens and then he's off with a bang learning and loving it.

Really cool.