Sydney Reads

I have often made comments about Sydney's love for reading. We attend the DeWitt Library once a week for their special weekly program and the kids love it. We borrow an average of about 15-20 books at a time. If you were a fly on our wall, you would notice Sydney reading books on her own at any given time of the day. A few months ago, we realized that Sydney was reading very well and it wasn't from memory. Her preschool teacher thought that she was reading about 2nd grade level. Note: She's not even in Kindergarten yet. I didn't really know what to make out of that. Since that comment, I have repeatedly gotten comments about her reading from pretty much anyone on the street! Even a 5th grader at the library stopped to ask me how old Sydney was because Sydney was reading so loudly in a corner this week. 

We have friends at church who are teachers and they have made comments to me about talking to the principal at the Kindergarten that she will be attending - to make sure that they have programs that will meet her needs because of her advanced skills. I was a bit hesitant to follow their advice just because we are talking about just Kindergarten here. Right?

We have a parent meeting with the Principal next month to discuss these matters and we shall see what happens. Sydney also started doing Math worksheets that  I found online and she is doing 1st grade Math level as well. I am shocked and don't know what to do anymore. John says that he remembers having to do extra things in Kindergarten at some point because the teachers realized he was advanced too. This must be in the genes. 

The most amazing thing about Sydney's ability to read is not the reading in itself (although it is amazing and encouraging). It's the fact that she loves to read AND has started reading her Bible in the mornings. She shares with me different Psalms that she reads and I am just baffled at times. Yesterday, she asked me what "astounding" and "confounding" meant. I could explain the first one but said we had to get the dictionary for the other. With my daughter around, I feel like I'm back in school !