Reading

So this last week I was called by Caden's teacher to let me know that he was struggling with reading. His scores are really high, but he is a rushed lazy reader. He seems to do ok at home I thought for his age, but I guess not. She said that he can read really fast, but misses one in four words. I just correct him and we move on. I didn't realize it was a big deal, but I DON'T want him to be behind, in reading of all things. Tonight Chet had to be gone which literally makes reading impossible! I had Cael and Colby on my lap, moving a million miles an hour while Caden was sitting next to me reading. Talk about painful! Making him get every word, fluently, perfectly. I was ready to just read it for him. Nothing like total impatience when you need patience most. Well, come to find out, I wasn't the only one about to scream. Cael starts telling Caden what it said. I didn't realize that Cael would pick up that quick to a book he had only heard for the first time. About every 3 pages it would repeat this little chorus line. Caden was painstakingly reading every word. And Cael would just say the entire page and then say, "Caden, turn the page." It was hillarious. I think it made Caden embarrassed. His reading did speed up significantly though. I think it just clicked to him what it means to just read, not sound out every.single.little.tiny.itty.bitty.word. Yah!!!! Love it when your 4 yr old helps ya out!