Personal Congrats to my little girl...

janetupnorth

I'm so proud of her...

They do the "Accelerated Reader" program at school where you take a test on comprehension on a book after you've read it.

For this year she just hit:

Tests taken - 100
Words read - 501,500
Average book level - 3.7

(She's a 2nd grader).

Get_Pampered

Awesome! Good job to her and to you, too

Jules711

That's great! She must love to read. We have that here too and so many kids struggle to get enough points. My DD is too young yet, but I'm excited that she loves books already. She got that and stubborness from me.

KellyTheChef

That is wonderful Janet! Give her a big HIGH 5 from me!

susanr613

Congrats - a love of reading can boost you in so many ways!

pamperedlinda

Good job!

colegrovet

sounds like my daugher.. when she learned about the library.. we would take her on a Friday and she would check out 15-20 books.. 1/2 the time the librarian would give her a hard time about it.. but by Sunday she would be ready to take them back.. She would have read them all.. We used to tell her she didn't read them but ate them..
She of course just graduated from College in Dec. with 2 BAs and 2 minors in 3 1/2 years.

janetupnorth

Awesome job...my two B.S. degrees took me 5 years! (Of course engineering takes longer). I can only hope my kids continue to enjoy school.

Up here, they don't complain when you check out that much, especially when they get to know the kids...small town...

Ginger428

Way To Go Sammy!!!
Janet, You should be SO proud!!!

AnnieBee

That is awesome! I'm sure you are proud of her and have told her what a great job!

My DD has been learning to read, and it is SO FUN!! I am loving seeing her progress, and learn to love reading and books.

I have always been a HUGE bookworm myself, so I really hope my kids grow up loving to read, it makes so much other stuff easier for them too...

Flamingo

Great Job!!!! My son when he was in 5th grade was #1 in the whole school with the AR Program... He is 16 now and loves to read....Just keep encouraging her and she will succeed in whatever she does....

gailz2

As a previous librarian, I LOVE to see children read and gain the love for books. Good job!

thecougchef

sounds like me when i was her age. you couldnt get me to put a book down. i would cry when my parents made me stop reading to come eat dinner. now im so busy im lucky if i can read a book in a month.

good job to your daughter janet!

PampChefJoy

Congrats! I just got my son's AR scores too... That program is really great for encouraging reading!

ChefBeckyD

YEA Sammie!

Great Job! Reading (and the love of reading) is the most important indicator of future success in school. (that's what my son's preschool teacher just told us!)

Get_Pampered

Me, too! I read while I brushed my teeth, while I ate my breakfast cereal....now I am lucky if I can catch 20mins to read before bedtime

ChefBeckyD

This was me too. I always snuck a flashlight to bed, so I could read under the covers too.

Oh - and if I didn't have anything else to read, I just read the breakfast cereal boxes. I think that may have been when I started reading nutrition labels!

Get_Pampered

Yup! I also read the shampoo bottle labels in the shower and got in BIG trouble for sneaking into my closet after bedtime to read! Gosh, I hope I have kids who are like I was!

janetupnorth

Oh my goodness...Sammie recently started doing that! I always have chocolate and white milk in the house...they drink all the chocolate milk, especially Daddy and the white milk is for recipes and cereal. All of a sudden I noticed I was running out of white milk and not chocolate. Since my kids get their own breakfast and milk for dinner and have dark cups I didn't look in them. Here Sammie has been reading labels and comparing the amount of sugar in things. When she realized chocolate milk had twice as much sugar, she started drinking white milk instead.

PamperedDor

Wow! That is wonderful - great job Sammie and awesome Janet!!!!