• Hooked on phonics

    My 6-year-old son is becoming quite the reader. His kindergarten teacher is a miracle worker. Until recently, he would cry every time I made him sit down with a book. He would rather play with toys. I just figured he would grow up to be an olympic swimmer. Jeah! Now, he is the one begging to read every night before bed. We have finished three books in the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series. Is it sad that I think Jeff Kinney is a literary genius? I don’t have much to compare his work to. His are the only books I have finished in the past five years. I don’t…