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It’s quite hilarious (and sometimes a bit frustrating) reading with Kayden. He has a habit of looking at the picture and trying to guess what the words say based on what he sees.
I have to remind him several times through out our reading to look at the words instead of the picture when trying to read. Of course I let him look at the picture first and I ask him what he sees and what he thinks is happening, then I point to the word and ask him to sound out the letters, but somehow his eyes always go back to the picture and he starts making up what he thinks the words are saying.
It has come to the point that I have to cover the pictures all together to get him to read! ha! Hopefully we can get past this little bump in our reading time.
It is quite funny though, what he comes up with when looking at the pictures. The sentence he needs to read can be as simple as, “They all smiled.” and he will start yammering about everything that is happening in the picture. “They were happy as they looked at the funny dog and his red collar and the dog smiled because everybody was happy with him! And the little dog was happy too, because he had some food.”
What!? …PLEASE LOOK AT THE WORDS KAYDEN!!
Enjoy it! The grow up and don’t want to read books with Dad anymore….
It was how I relived all my boyhood favorites. I needed the excuse to reread those gems! Now I’m out of young kids, and would LOVE an excuse to re-read The Great Brain series by F Scott Fitzgerald again. Maybe I just will. 
I enjoy reading to my son. It’s teaching my son to read that is a little frustrating. But like you said I should enjoy it! I’ve never read The Great Brain series. Maybe I should check it out. Thanks for commenting!
A must for boys! They’re the best!