Literacy Timeline

Literacy Timeline
 

At the age of 2 I picked up a basketball before I picked up a book. To some people this was considered a good thing but to others this was terrible. By the age of 3 my mom taught me how to read. She believed that if I was smart enough to dribble a ball, I was smart enough to read. While learning to balance both sports and smarts my brother showed me how to become dedicated to sports around age 5. I had become very focused on sports and getting better. My sister then stepped in around age 6 and showed me that I could use the same dedication for school. Shortly after that I developed a love for sports books and magazines. This encouraged me to read more and around the age of 8 I started to take reading seriously. I took it so serious that I subscribed to SLAM and Sports Illustrated magazines. Around the age of 13 I started to lose the love of reading due to lack of interest. When I got to high school the readings for class were no longer interesting to me anymore so I did not want to read at all. About a year later I saw the importance of reading and knew that it would do nothing but help me. I developed a love for reading and writing poetry at the age of 15. This helped me enhance my reading and helped me learn to enjoy it also. It made me read for a purpose again and now my love for reading is continuously growing.