Girl Power

Yesterday, the Tennessean had an article listing some fantastic books for girls. We love books, and we love girl power! Check out this great list of books - many of which I would recommend for young & old. And remember, your daughter, niece, granddaughter, cousin, sister...etc! is never too old for you to read aloud to them. Many of these would be great fun to read together. Too bad my house is full of boys!

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100322/FEATURES01/3220312/Girl-power-graces-pages-of-beloved-books

Beacon is for kids AND adults!

We are two lessons in with 57 year old student, and already tremendously excited about his progress. Seana is working with him on the basics - sounds, blending, segmenting, etc. I am so anxious to see how he does with all of this. He is very enthusiastic so far, doing his homework (and then some!). Still baffles me how we let folks like this slip through the system, get all the way through school, and yet they have not been taught to read. I don't know that there is a good answer, but I'm so glad we were here when he is ready to do this. This gentleman is excited about this opportunity, as he spends a great deal of time with his grandchildren and wants to be able to read to them and help them with their schoolwork. So here we go on another journey! We'll keep you posted!