Reading According to Hannah

*Cross Posted on my Blog*

Thank goodness that I love this child to bits and pieces!!! Hannah has been able to read since she was 3, in the past 2 years GETTING her to read to us has been a challenge. She will read to Lindsay or she will "struggle" through a pre-reader and start crying about how hard it is or she will just sit there and stare blankly at the pages and tell us she DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO READ! She is a challenge. Everything else I can get her to back down from. This I cannot. So we walked away from reading for a while. Last week she read me a book. I gave her much positive praise the hole shebang. I repeatedly told her how proud I was of her. Then I asked her...

Me: Hannah, why won't you read to me when I ask you to?
Hannah: You do not give me everything that I want.
Me: Yes Hannah I am aware of that because it will teach you in the long run to earn things and that you can't have everything you want in that moment.
Hannah: With all do respect Mommy, then why should I give you everything that you want?

Wow! I will say I had to walk away for a moment because she has a valid arguement. However we have since discussed the fact that she needs to respect me and do as I say....

As of today she is no longer able to read. *Rolls Eyes*

***UPDATE*** AS I was typing this she was downstairs. She read 3 pathetically easy books to Darren. AH! That child of mine. She MIGHT be the death of me.

One reason I chose to educate my children

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First Day...

Yesterday we started back to the more structured day. I refuse to document attendance until the twins are 7 because according to Indiana State Law I do not have to have to kids in "school" until they are 7. January 29, 2009 I will begin keeping attendance. BTW, Kindy in Indiana is optional for those of you who did not know. Not that that affects us. But I thought that that was interesting.

This blog is here for me. To keep track of what we are doing and how we are doing it. For now this will be a public blog. If I get too many issues from this I will turn this into a read only by invite.