An early literacy sponsor in my life would be my great-grandmother. I learned how to read and write through my great-grandmother. Before preschool, I spent a good portion of my time at my great-grandmother 's house. I must have spent almost every day with her as a child. She was a bit on the older side, so she was retired, and spent most of her days alone upstairs in her living room. At the time, I was too young to be enrolled in pre-school, so while my mom was working and my sister was at elementary school, my mother would drop me off there. During the long days that we spent together, one of the literacy events that I can recall is when we would play "school.” She would be the teacher and I would be the student. Together, we would set up a