reading readiness

She takes after her parents, she does.

Spying two new children's books lying on the floor (purchased at the Book Fair and wrought by her uncles Elbert and Hai... though I figure maybe she doesn't know that...), she swept them up into her arms and asked, "Mommy, can I read?"

"Sure, sweetie," I replied, heading out the bedroom door. "Well, you can look at them, but Mommy has to eat dinner first, so I'll read to you after, okay?"

"It's okay, Mommy," she said, settling down on the bed with her pile of two.

Moments later, I heard her talking to herself, so I poked my head back in to find her holding Uncle El's book in both hands, very seriously declaiming, "Once upon a time, dfhlngsfnbkjrhtjk..." Everything after the first phrase was gibberish, since she wasn't really reading, only repeating the way she knows that most of her stories begin.

Then she put the book down, picked up Uncle Hai's book, opened it, and recited, "Once upon a time, sfhanfjshgjrrhiojj."

Okay, she may not be exactly reading yet, but she does understand story structure! That's our girl.

Sage, at two and a half, says...
"mak" for "map"
"wight" for "right"
"gammiya" for "grandma"
"Swek" for "Shrek"
"Muwawin" for "Mulawin" (a local soap opera)
"The Simpsoms" for "The Simpsons"
We are trying to teach her to say, "Uncle Vinnie, give me money," but she tends to say "Give me mommy" instead.