National Adult Literacy Database

January 29, 2007

My Kids and I

by Giselle Monkman

Hi my name Giselle Monkman. I am a mom. I go to The Salvation Army STEP Program. I enjoy coming to the STEP Program to learn things about reading and writing. I have three children, two girls and one boy, and they live with my mother.

My daughter is 6 years old. Her name is Tara-Lee and she comes with me wherever I go. She comes with me to my house all the time and other places too. My daughter goes to Victoria Albert School. She is in kindergarten. My mom picks her up at 11:30 am and takes her to her home, and then she plays outside and comes in the house and eats. After she eats she plays in the park half a day then she comes in and has a nap. Then she wakes up and watches TV until she goes to bed.

My other daughter’s name is Corina. She is 8 years old and she likes to go swimming every day. She takes a lunch with her when she goes swimming. She plays with her friends in the park or she goes to the store. She buys a pizza pop and a drink. Some times she comes with me my house and she visits me for awhile. Then we go back to my mom’s and then she goes back outside to the park

My son Blake is 10 years old. He likes to play with his Play Station 2 and he plays games on it. He likes to play outside too and he likes to play basketball in the park after school. He watches cartoons or he cleans up his room if he has nothing to do, or colors in this coloring book.