Reason to be Proud

I would love my grandsons no matter what their lot in life. We have invested time in their lives and it has paid us back in spades. We are very close and free and easy with each other. It is such an incredible pleasure watching them grow and become such great guys. With all three, we have taken a lot of time reading to them from a very early age. It started out the same for each of them. We would pick up a book and start reading and they would just want to turn pages. We were OK with that as we knew they would naturally have short attention spans. We kept at it, as did their mom and dad and other grandparents. Soon they were being attentive as we read the whole book through. Eventually, they began to read some words on their own, and soon small books.
This last week, Liam, 15 months old, graduated to sitting still for a whole children's book. Chad, 9, continues to read at a level way beyond his age. His vocabulary and knowledge on so many different subjects are a testament to his love of reading. And Nate, 11, and in grade six this year, was tested and found to be reading at a grade twelve level. Just to top that off, he was also on the 'honour roll' and the 'effort roll'.
We always hear from educators that reading to children is one of the best things you can do for them. We have proof that they are right!