Teaching My Kids to Read
The little pleasures are the ones that can easily be overlooked until they are long gone, then we look back and wonder why we didn't spend more time enjoying them. One of my simple pleasures (now and for the last couple years) has been teaching my boys to read. Oh, yes sometimes it is aggravating, especially when they don't even try to pay attention and are pretending to read while looking out the window, but more days than not it is a delight to watch while they learn.
That may not sound very exciting, and I will acknowledge that sometimes I myself read posts like this by moms who talk about silly little things that they "say" they enjoy doing with their kids and because I don't get it, I just don't get it...this may be that type of post to you. If so know that it is really one of those things that you can't see the miracle in until you watch it happen, until you watch a child learn to read right before your eyes you don't realise the simple pleasure that comes from teaching. I feel so privileged to not be missing this, staying home, training and educating my kids is what I most want to be doing with my time right now.
I never thought I'd be homeschooling since I myself didn't enjoy being homeschooled. In highschool (even through parts of college) I wanted nothing more to be in the Army and then later a police officer, but the strangest part of it all to me is that I could have missed this blessing if I had been allowed to choose for myself. Still today there are days when I wish I could get all camoed up and run through the forest (and away from my kids), but over all I have found joy in the most simple of things right where I am, because all I know is that today this is exactly where God wants me to be. No worries about tomorrow, just right now, just today.
Think of some simple pleasures in your life which could easily be overlooked. Do you have one to share??
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August 6th, 2010 - 13:23
My kids attend public schools, and although I haven’t had the privilege of being their primary teacher, I, too, have played a role in teaching them to read and seeing that miracle occur before my very eyes. And I always end up with a slightly bewildered kindergarten teacher who doesn’t understand why my eyes are filling with tears as I thank her for “doing her job.” I just love watching children learn to read – and that time of transition when an eager child says, “Mommy, I can read this one to you tonight!” at bedtime.
August 9th, 2010 - 08:40
That is so sweet. Oliver does that with our reading lesson book, at the end of each lesson there is a longer portion that he calls a story and he says smiling, “mom, would you like me to read you a story?”. It really does melt your heart doesn’t it!? Kids are just too much sometimes.
August 6th, 2010 - 21:16
My simple pleasure is reading to my boys. They aren’t always quiet or still but I love reading to them. I also love Chai tea on cool mornings and holding the warm mug to my cheek.
August 9th, 2010 - 08:42
Oh, tea would have to be one of mine as well. I love Yorkshire Gold….I try to sip it slowly every morning, but if I could do chai right- like at the Indian restaurants here I would drink that at home daily. I also love (and it is so completely different) thai iced tea, so sweet, sooooo good.
August 7th, 2010 - 10:32
We’re starting “Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons” this “school year” too :)
August 9th, 2010 - 08:44
With Jackson we made it half way through the book and he was ready to move on to other early reader books. Oliver is right at half way through now and seems to be still interested in doing the lessons. They are good, but can be slightly repetitive after a while. That is a good thing thoguh too.
August 8th, 2010 - 18:10
First, I love your blog. Please write more! In any event, my simple pleasure is teaching my daughter (a few weeks shy of 3) to cook. I want her to appreciate real food and how it is made and how it brings family together. Now that she is able to actually help a bit and understand what I am doing, things have been getting really fun and exciting (for me at least) in the kitchen.
August 9th, 2010 - 08:47
Thank you, that is so sweet!! I must say you are one brave mamma to be teaching your 3 year old to cook! That is no small task, but you will really be rewarded if she is interested and picks it up. We have a friend with a 6 year old daughter who makes her eggs, pancakes and bacon in the morning before she gets out of bed- and it isn’t just an attempt either, they are readied to perfection.