Developmentally, Alex has had a good spring. One encouraging thing that we have noticed is that Alex is playing outside a great deal more than he has in the past. In recent months he has been helping with baseball in the backyard, playing on the swingset and entertaining in the "Fun Club" on a daily basis.
Also, we have noticed that his fear of reading is subsiding. If Alex thinks he cannot do something, he recoils from it, and won't even try. That was the case with reading for a while, but not anymore. Something that has helped him is his enthusiasm for a comic book called "Gon." I bought him an issue and he loved it; now we are ordering back issues from the library to entertain him, and to fuel this fire. It is mostly wordless, but it gets him reading left to right, top to bottom and has made him feel like he can read.
I find the artwork non-aesthetically pleasing, but who am I to judge. He likes it, and the art has won the Harvey Award (which is why it is the library - win an award and they will stock you). No matter what style of art it uses, what is important is that it encouraging Alex to wade into reading.
RAP
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