Reader

Zane read his very first word almost all on his own this weekend (I had to tell him that, in this word, the 'c' made the 'kuh' sound). He sounded out all the letters and read CROCS on his shoe.

And he didn't even just guess that it said Crocs because it was on a Crocs shoe. In fact, he hasn't yet figured out "context." Like, if we're in Starbucks and the word that you're reading is on the Starbucks sign (which you've recognized since you were about 8 months old) and the first part says STAR - you can pretty confidently assume what the word is.

Sarcasm aside, I'm proud of him.