It Says . . .

Julia helped me at the grocery store this evening. Part of her check-out lane routine is taking candy bars from their spots and putting them back where they belong (for the most part). After a long day of subbing and going to the pool in the sweltering heat, I didn't have much patience for Julia's game today. I told her to pick/put away two more candy bars, and that would be the end.

She did as she was told, and then she stood there, hands clasped behind her back. Julia was still looking at the candy bars, and after a few moments, she blurted out, "It says Kat!" She pointed to the Kit Kat bar right in front of her, and repeated, "Kat!" Since this is not one of the names we practice reading at home, I would consider this the first word Julia read. She has seen Kat's name here and there, and somehow she put it together (out of context, nonetheless!) that the same name/word was on the candy bar wrapper. Quite the little genius!