We have always read to the girls, always and always. Sometimes we read books, sometimes we read recipes, directions, road signs, labels, song lyrics, texts from grandma…you name it, we’ve read it out loud. Reading aloud impresses upon a child that the written word has value.  It piques their curiosity for when they later come across a group of letters on their own…they automatically want to know what they mean.  When they were snuggled on our laps, we would move our finger beneath each word as we read, this small…