Official Reader!?

I don't know when you can officially claim that you can read since it's such a gradual development, but Carolyn (and I) feel confident that Carolyn can read!! I wouldn't say she exactly gets it yet. For instance, all "__at" words are "cat" to her and all "__og" words are "dog" until I point out the beginning letter. For instance, if she is reading "hat," she'll say "cat" and then I'll have to point out the "h" and we'll sound it out together. Anyways, she doesn't really get it all - but she does recognize and know enough words to be a confident little reader! I pulled out 3 books today that she had never seen before and did an amazing job at reading all 3 of them! She needed some help here and there, but for the most part she read all 3 books by herself. She was very, very excited! She's been interested and wanting to read since she's been 2 so this is very exciting for us all! Good job, Carolyn :)