💠 Is your child ready for first grade reading? ☀️ Do they know all of their short vowel and consonant sounds? ☀️ Can they hear every sound in a word like “jump” or “slam” even if they might not spell it perfectly? ☀️ If you break a word into sounds, can they put that word back together? ☀️ Can they write short words where nearly every sound is represented even if spelled incorrectly (“sta” for stay)? ☀️ Can they write a simple sentence with the capital letter and period (I went to the bech” bea