Abstract, Real

I am teaching my son to read, from the same book I taught my daughter to read from. It's amazing to watch the decoding skills strengthen, to see him making the connections.

I forget, because I've been doing it so long, that reading is not necessarily a "natural" skill, and neither is writing. It takes hard work and rewiring the brain a little to learn, and then lots of practice. Certainly it feels natural at this point, but so does riding a bicycle or driving a car.

I'm kind of wondering what w...