A Beka Book CurriculumSee Spot Run
“See spot run”, I spoke. I lifted me head and looked at my mother, she went ballistic. She screamed and kissed me almost twenty times. More than likely I was a bit confused. My teacher Ms. Coley, had us practicing this phrase all week. When each student was able to complete this “achievement”, she too expressed how proud she was of us, we even got stickers
I already talked, but I was far too young to remember my mothers reaction, but I’m sure it couldn’t have been worse than this. My mother rewarded me in some type of way, to show me that “See spot run” was a big deal.
Something about short vowels, long vowels, consonants… you know all the components that make a word, yeah we did that right after chapel, and right before recess.
I went to a private school at the age of three, they had the best lunch EVER! The people were nice, the rooms smelt a little funny, and we did a lot of singing. Little did I know this place of “baby-sitting” was called school. In K-3, that was Ms. Coley’s class, there were massive amounts of posters, blocks, crayons, fat pencils, hand sanitizer and Kleenex.
But it was something that I did in that classroom, that changed my life forever. There was a booklet, which was paper thin, literally it had about two pages. On the front, “See Spot Run”; flipped the page, “Spot can run. See spot run.” I learned to read.
I have so many fond memories of the Dick and Jane books. I remember reading them over and over, amazed at myself that I could read! It's a shame that they're being taken more and more out of curriculum because children find them "boring". I was always enchanted by the books. I love your description of the classroom. I can almost visualize my own elementary school right down to the Kleenex box!
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