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SOUND IT OUT, BUT NOT THAT FAR OUT

Becoming a reader is Job One for kindergartner Maddy. So when I read stories to her every night, I try to get her to read some of the words and sound out the ones that are unfamiliar.

Now, I know little kids know more words than they can read. But things went quite a bit too far last night when she sounded out the word “she” and I asked her what OTHER word was within that same word.

Of course, I was shooting for “he.” But she looked at the word, knew I always harp on sounding words out, thought the word I had in mind must have the “sh” sound in it, and sounded out:

“Sh . . . sh . . . SHI***?!?!?!”

Ohhhh, that DARN day care, where they pick up words like that. . . .

Sh . . . sh . . . SURE they do.

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