M-I-L-K

Abram read his first word today. It was a little difficult, but we finally got him to read the word 'Milk'! He was playing with flash cards and going over all the letters and their sounds. He is really getting AWESOME with it.

I got up to get Marlee some milk and thought, hey, Milk would be a great word for him to sound out. So I grabbed a piece of paper and a marker and wrote 'MILK' really big on it. I took it to Abram and had him tell me the letters on the paper. Then together we made the sounds that the letters make. I asked Abram to put the letters together. He then took both of his hands on the paper and physically tried to push them together. I laughed and then said no, with your mouth put the letters together. He then put his head down to the paper with his mouth on the letters and began shaking his head. I said, "No buddy, We need to put the sounds that the letters make together to make a word!"

He made the sound of the 'M', then the 'I', then the 'L', then the 'K'. I had him keep repeating it and finally he said "MILK?" I said,"Yes Abe, You did it!! You read your first word!!" He was so happy with himself.

He can't wait to show off his new feat!!