Re: [AlwaysLearning] Digest Number 794
[email protected]
In a message dated 4/4/03 7:48:27 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I know this may sound strange but hey, I am. LOL! When did Jared get
his
front teeth in? I have heard of a theory...Ds still has quite a way before
both top front teeth will be in. ;-) >>
He got them in at the average times...around six years old.
I've heard something about that theory, I don't think it holds water. Maybe
those that get the teeth late are usually late readers, but I think there are
plenty of other kids that are late readers too.
Jared is a very dreamy type of person. Quiet and calm most of the time and
VERY distractable. He would probably have been labeled ADD in school just
because he isn't going to focus on anything he doesn't have intense interest
in (what a smart guy!) which is mainly video games and art right now.
He draws amazingly well and thinks mathematically quite well. (Picked up
chess easy, memorizes symbols easily, plays with large numbers in his head
etc...)
But reading just wasn't important. The only time he wanted to read was when
someone would give him a hard time, I knew this wasn't enough of a motivation
since shame and guilt weren't part of his life. Even when I did a more
eclectic approach, I didn't worry about having a late reader. So he escaped
most of the torture of being "schooled".
Anyhoo, he'll be 10 in August and he is just starting to sound out words on
his game.
It is exciting him to see he can do it.
My few stabs at showing him letter sounds was totally boring to him and I
just figured he had his own way of figuring this all out and left him alone.
Well, he DID have a better way for him.
And now I get to watch him explore the world of language on his own terms.
Very cool.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< I know this may sound strange but hey, I am. LOL! When did Jared get
his
front teeth in? I have heard of a theory...Ds still has quite a way before
both top front teeth will be in. ;-) >>
He got them in at the average times...around six years old.
I've heard something about that theory, I don't think it holds water. Maybe
those that get the teeth late are usually late readers, but I think there are
plenty of other kids that are late readers too.
Jared is a very dreamy type of person. Quiet and calm most of the time and
VERY distractable. He would probably have been labeled ADD in school just
because he isn't going to focus on anything he doesn't have intense interest
in (what a smart guy!) which is mainly video games and art right now.
He draws amazingly well and thinks mathematically quite well. (Picked up
chess easy, memorizes symbols easily, plays with large numbers in his head
etc...)
But reading just wasn't important. The only time he wanted to read was when
someone would give him a hard time, I knew this wasn't enough of a motivation
since shame and guilt weren't part of his life. Even when I did a more
eclectic approach, I didn't worry about having a late reader. So he escaped
most of the torture of being "schooled".
Anyhoo, he'll be 10 in August and he is just starting to sound out words on
his game.
It is exciting him to see he can do it.
My few stabs at showing him letter sounds was totally boring to him and I
just figured he had his own way of figuring this all out and left him alone.
Well, he DID have a better way for him.
And now I get to watch him explore the world of language on his own terms.
Very cool.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pam Hartley
My 8.5 year old doesn't read (as most would define reading) and her teeth
came in at the usual time. ;)
Honestly, I think unschoolers are just proving that the "average age" of
reading readiness is a lot older than the reading-obsessed schools would
have us believe.
Pam
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came in at the usual time. ;)
Honestly, I think unschoolers are just proving that the "average age" of
reading readiness is a lot older than the reading-obsessed schools would
have us believe.
Pam
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>From: starsuncloud@...
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Digest Number 794
>Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2003, 8:44 AM
>
> << I know this may sound strange but hey, I am. LOL! When did Jared get
> his
> front teeth in? I have heard of a theory...Ds still has quite a way before
> both top front teeth will be in. ;-) >>
>
> He got them in at the average times...around six years old.
> I've heard something about that theory, I don't think it holds water. Maybe
> those that get the teeth late are usually late readers, but I think there are
> plenty of other kids that are late readers too.
[email protected]
In a message dated 4/4/2003 12:30:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
his baby teeth yet.
Amy Kagey
E-mail me for a list of used
homeschooling books for sale!
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starsuncloud@... writes:
> I've heard something about that theory, I don't think it holds water. MaybeDs began reading very early (3.5yo, on his own) and at 5.5 hasn't even lost
> those that get the teeth late are usually late readers, but I think there
> are
> plenty of other kids that are late readers too.
>
his baby teeth yet.
Amy Kagey
E-mail me for a list of used
homeschooling books for sale!
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