WASTED on Instagram: "🤣 Reading is the process of interpreting and understanding written symbols, such as letters and words, to derive meaning. It is one of the most fundamental skills humans use to communicate, learn, and share ideas across time and space. When we read, our brains connect visual information—the shapes of letters and words—to sounds, meanings, and experiences stored in memory. This allows us to comprehend stories, absorb facts, follow instructions, or explore abstract concepts,

One of the questions I ask in my initial session with toddlers is ‘what types of words are they using?’ and parents are quick to gush about how their children know all of their colors, shapes, letters and numbers. And that’s great, but when was the last time as an adult you talked about an oval, or the color indigo? We need a variety of words in our repertoire- verbs, prepositions, pronouns AND nouns, to be able to combine words for a variety of communicative functions (try making a comment abou