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I would say the first thing that allowed me to be a competent reader would be learning my ABCs. The ABCs is the foundation that is critical when learning how to read. -
The first memories I have of learning how to read was when my mom read books to me before bed and my favorite book back then was goldilocks. We read it so much I memorized a lot of the words. -
Kindergarten was the very first time I experienced storytime. That was my favorite time of the day besides nap time. I always liked how animated the teacher was when reading the stories. It kept me interested and excited to read on my own. -
I remember the first time I went to a public library thinking how cool it was that I could borrow a book and take it home to read. Borrowing books from the library allowed me to read books that my parents couldn't afford to buy. -
This was one of my favorite times of the school year. I always got excited to see all the different books I could buy. Although I could not buy too many I wrote them down so I could go to the library and borrow them if they were available. -
Book it was another event that I was excited about. Every time you read a book you would get a star on the bubble next to your name and when you met your quota of books you got to attend a pizza party at the end. This inspired me to read. -
Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" was the first book that introduced me to poems. I loved how his poems included his illustrations and it made the poem come to life for me. -
This was the first book that got me into reading a series of books. I loved the stories and imagined myself being part of the club. -
The encyclopedia was a splurge that my parents purchased for me and my brother. It came in very handy when having to turn in a research paper or report. This was what we used back in the day to do research before the internet was available. -
This was the second series of books that I read in high school with a bunch of my friends. It was fun to have a book that we could all relate to and talk about with each other.