Teaching Sadie to Love Reading

After the first day to relax in the house, Katie started teaching Sadie to enjoy reading. During her first few days of adjustment, Sadie was an extremely patient dog who would sit still and listen to as many books as Katie wanted to read. As time has gone on, Sadie has developed more lab-like energy, but Katie still finds time to read to her.

On this first full day together, Katie had me read a rhyming book to both of them. Then she told me it was her turn to read. She chose one of my chapter books and turned it into her own rhyming story. She did it with much more ease than I could have done! The book had roses on the bottom of the cover. Without taking any time to really think about it, she announced the title, "Flower Gardens, What Do You See? For Puppies, Ages 1, 2, 3." I was pretty impressed and even more impressed that she went on to tell a rhyming story that mostly made sense.

You're a good listener, Sadie!