How I Learned To Read

Trying to truly remember when I learned to read is kind of difficult especially starting at very young age. I do remember my grandmother telling me that my reading skills were very good compared to others who started out like I did. When my siblings heard about how good my reading skills were, they encouraged me to read more books so I could get more practice. Since I was always around my grandmother, reading had become interesting and I somehow found myself wanting to read every chance I got.
Learning how to read was important to me. I was happy that I knew how to say words, read them, and know exactly what they meant instead of just looking at pictures. When I got home from school, I could not wait to get home to tell my mother the new …show more content…
My kindergarten and 1st grade teachers taught me the words that were going to be needed throughout my vocabulary and expressed how reading can be engaging and primary. My mother would always read me different stories that inspired me no matter what kind they were. Her stories taught me the importance of life and things that would apply later on down in life. She made reading so fun that I always looked forward to learning how to read because her stories would add so much to my life.
In kindergarten and first grade, my teacher Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Brown made reading exciting. They always called on me to read because they both knew how fluently my reading was. They would always find a way to make reading one of the most important things for the day. In the classrooms there were all kinds of books, books with colorful pictures, books with lots of words, and some with fewer words. One way she made reading fun was she let us lay down on the floor, grab a few pillows, have reading time and Whoever read good she would let us get a prize from the treasure chest. Everyone in the classroom loved reading because of the prizes we were