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In the early stages of reading, only print in my environment could I read.
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Board books as a baby were a favorite. Many pictures of a child show me reading board books,
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Early on in preschool and kindergarten, I learned letter sounds that would eventually be the foundation skills to reading.
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After letter sounds or in unison, I learned the most common sight words.
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I loved easy readers and Dr. Seuss books. The first sight word and memorized text I can recall.
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I owned nearly every Babysitters Club Novel ever written. My first true series that I read cover to cover. My love of reading grew within these pages.
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My love of series reading grew from the Babysitters Club to classics within Nancy Drew.
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My range of reading grew from my own picks to those required by school. Some I enjoyed, others I did not. However my love for others genres grew.
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I became an author myself for many school assignments. Not only was my reading influenced by my own thoughts, but by what I had read as well.
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Reading became more of a chore and for education rather than for pleasure.
