The Kissing Hand helped us learn two of the three ways to read a book. First we read the pictures and then we read the words. My kindergarten friends decided it would be fun to get to read books on our own. We brainstormed reasons why we wanted to read to ourselves.
So, we were ready, right?! After several practices, we finally reached one minute of stamina. Not our goal, but definitely something to celebrate! By the end of the first week, all of our kindergarteners were reading to self for four whole minutes!!! I'm so, so, SO proud of them.