THE AURORAN Newspaper Youngest Reader

The inspiration to write this post today came from reading Christopher Watt’s latest post, Weekly Inspiration : the little engine that could. My post has nothing to do with little engines, but is relates to how wonderful the little minds are. Sitting side by side, we finished our breakfast – eggs, toast and cucumber. Then I moved on with reading The Auroran and Matthew moved on to play with his iron man figurines. Still side by side.


At some point I reminded him that today is his birthday, ‘you are 2 years old and 11 months‘. He smiled, and asked if we can have some cup cakes. I smiled back, and we both moved on with our things. I continued to read and he continued to play. At some point I whispered, ‘we can have some pretend happy birthday cake and sing happy birthday song‘.


Few minutes passed …

– ‘Mommy look look what’s say here‘ – Matthew asked suddenly. – ‘Mommy look PLAY‘ – Matthew confirmed again while looking at The Auroran newspaper.

I realized that Matthew was reading over my shoulder. – ‘Show me where is the PLAY‘ – I asked. – ‘Here‘ – and he pointed at the PAY word. – ‘Oh yes, but Matthew, it reads PAY, there is no L in here‘ – he listened as I explained. – ‘See, it says Town will pay all legal bills to late Dec.‘ – I read for him as he continued to listen. – ‘You know what Pay means, you pay with Master Card for things you buy.‘ – I said and he nodded.

We moved again. Matthew continued to play with his toys, and I continued to read The Auroran, and when I got to the page nine and was reading an article by Scott Johnston, I realized again that Matthew was reading over my shoulder.

– ‘Mommy look PLAY says over there‘ – he stated. – ‘Matthew you are so right, yes it says Play here‘ – he smiled and nodded his head as I confirmed. – ‘Here Matthew, it reads as follows Theatre’s latest is a play within a play‘ – he smiled, and moved on with his playing.

Not even three years old and he is motivated to learn how to read. I guess there will be no pretend happy birthday cake today. We are going to celebrate and indulge on the healthy oatmeal apple chocolate muffins, and we did. Matthew is also a great helper.

It is a real fun to be a parent.