STAIR Training this Morning

I attended a STAIR (Start The Adventure In Reading) training session this morning. STAIR is a tutoring program for 2nd graders who need special help in learning to read. I've been familiar with STAIR since my time as Interim at St. Andrews and since I am now retired I wanted to help out with helping kids learn to read. The kids are mostly from a local elementary school where some of the kids at St. Anna's and others in the neighborhood go to school. Since retirement, I miss interacting with the kids, so I'm looking forward to working with them. I remember how much I enjoyed Mother reading to me and my brothers before we started to school and also how much I enjoy reading now. I can't imagine life without having a good book to keep me company when TV and the movies don't offer anything interesting. Besides, with my budding career as an author, I'm just training readers of my own writing. You can read about my new novel by going to my web site and clicking on the "my books" link.