Taking an Interest

Narrative Comprehension: Today while we were reading our simplified version of "Bedtime for Frances," the Lark stopped at the picture of "Father" as he lies in bed looking grumpy about being woken up. He studied it for a while, then said, "It's her dad."

This was really exciting for me. The Lark took enough interest in the characters to think about their relationship to each other. As I have written before, one of the main things holding up the Lark's progress in narrative comprehension is a connection to the characters. Without that, there is really no reason to read stories at all. A lot of our activities are designed to help the Lark discover connections between himself and others. This was one tiny sign that maybe we're getting somewhere.