He is LEARNING! A very proud momma moment

I am writing this from personal experience as a mother and child care professional. Yes I said it I am a professional even though many do not view this profession as a professional job. So yes I work very hard to educate and work with each kids special way that they learn. I encourage active learning through  participation and creativity with each child in group activities and individual activities, allowing them to make choices. So  both As are girls and a lot more a like with the learning activities that they enjoy and learn from. I find myself watching them and seeing their progress daily. They are enthusiastic about my activity for the day. I feel so happy to see they are excited to learn  and actual WANT to learn. I find myself letting J who is a 4 year old boy continue his building of the city with blocks, boats out of legos, cars and trucks crashing and flying into buckets, and all the things he  loves to do. While I am at the table with the girls and working on writing practice, letter worksheets, decorating the letter of the week, math: number and shape matching and recognition ( you know the list goes on and on), J is always off on his own "playing"! ( I am a huge advocate of learning through play!) As he is doing this he answers all of my questions I am asking the girls and participates in the discussion while playing. But my focus is always on the girls because they are actively engaging in the discussions with me. I find my self saying that's right J with out even truly recognizing he DOES understand.
My true excitement came to me on Monday night. J was getting ready for bed and said " Instead of you reading, I will read my Bubble, Bubbles book to you mom." I say sounds great! He starts reading the title Bubbles, Bubbles. First page Bubbles, Bubbles on my ___. He says T-O-E-S and begins saying the sound of each letter and says toes. He continues the short story with only a few slip ups. ( I am excited even typing this!) Job well done by my 4 1/2 year old little BOY. I restate this because since he is mine it is a lot easier when in the preschool profession to focus more on the other kids and push them instead of your own. Plus I did mention they are calm attentive little girls.
So this first reading led to my J hosting story time on Tuesday morning in our classroom.
A very proud momma moment!