Reading aloud preK-2 book - 20 month old

Zo Ee at 20months 4weeks old. (6/1/2010)

Little Zo Ee's reading her heap of newly borrowed library books. She reads about 16-18 new books every 4-5days interval. Books with 1-5 sentences per page, about 20 pages per book.

Little Zo Ee can spend hours reading all by herself, until she finished every book. All this while, Mummy believe that little Zo Ee has been silent reading to herself. Mummy's guessing was proven right after today's incident - little Zo Ee read aloud another whole new book to Mummy out of the blue. Also it's a common belief that children who can read usually can silent read words long before reading them aloud because they can read at a faster pace while silent read.

As Mummy had mentioned earlier, Mummy has never emphasized or forced little Zo Ee to read aloud during our reading sessions (more of a knowledge imparting session). Also little Zo Ee always has the freedom to choose her activities/books, to learn and play at her own comfort pace. So it's not common to hear little Zo Ee read aloud long sentences although little Zo Ee first read an entire early reader book at 15 month old, some longer sentences a month later and recently she was very eager in reading aloud to Mummy (without the need to finger point at each words.) And just now, while browsing through her newly borrowed books, little Zo Ee surprised Mummy when she read another whole new book out loud; a preK-2 level book titled : We Need School Bus Drivers. Of course, Mummy's not surprised with Zo Ee's reading skill as she can read most sight words, even big words she has no ideas of with her natural phonics and her vast vocabulary. Moreover, little Zo Ee can read more than a thousand words since few months ago, and Mummy has lost count of her growing vocabulary as its constantly growing with her daily consistent reading habit. Rough estimation should be a few thousands words by now. But reading continuously needed a very different skill as it requires both stamina and eye coordination - in tracing each words simultaneously.

A sample page of this book.

Little Zo Ee read the complete content of this book aloud to Mummy : We need school bus drivers. She was indeed reading this book for the very first time.

"School bus drivers drive children to and from school. School bus drivers make sure buses are safe and clean. School bus drivers pick up children at school bus stops. School bus drivers put out a stop sign. They turn on flashing lights. Then cars stop to let children cross the street. School bus drivers open bus doors. Children get on the buses. Some children need help getting on buses. School bus drivers help them. School bus drivers stop at schools. They make sure children get off the buses safely. School bus drivers pick up children after school. They drive children back to their bus stops. School bus drivers help keep children safe." (112 words)

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Then

15 month old - reading short sentences & early reader book
16 month old - reading long sentences
17 month old - reading big words (3-syllables)
18 month old - reading longer sentence