Thank you. This was very concise and helpful. Reading it also reminded me of his unusual skill of being able to read just as well upside down as right side up. I myself can read upside down about as fast as the average person can read right side up, but significantly slower than I read normally. DS often reads his books in whatever configuration they are in when he starts on them, seeming to have no preference for right side up text. He has gotten better this past year as I'm always flipping his book for him. Everything you said makes sense and if he takes after me spelling will end up being a problem. When I was in school I was always in the top reading group. In third grade they introduced a new subject: phonics. I failed. Miserably. To this day I am a great and fast reader and an awful speller. I was hoping he wouldn't take after me with my spelling weakness!
