iPods and learning to read
sebrina w
I just wanted to throw some info out here. My oldest son is 11 and has been homeschooled until about a year ago and then we started unschooling. I had to let go of a lot of fear surrounding him not reading yet. Well at Christmas time he got a new iPod touch. Now with the new iPod touches you can text message anyone who has another touch, iPhone or iPad. Almost all his friends and most of our family have these devises. For the first time in his 11 years he said "I'm going to learn how to read so I can text" and since Christmas day he is actually typing and reading words! Everyday he texts me the words he knows like "hi, mom, love ect" and just yesterday he put his sentence together. "hi mom, I love you".
Happy new year!
Sebrina
Happy new year!
Sebrina
Claire Darbaud
Yeh!!! :-)
Happy new year to you too. And to everybody on the list. Mais 2012 bring a
lot of joy, parties and family harmony :-)
And thanks for this story that helps to ease the "will they ever learn"
fear...
Claire
2012/1/3 sebrina w <sunmamma@...>
Happy new year to you too. And to everybody on the list. Mais 2012 bring a
lot of joy, parties and family harmony :-)
And thanks for this story that helps to ease the "will they ever learn"
fear...
Claire
2012/1/3 sebrina w <sunmamma@...>
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> I just wanted to throw some info out here. My oldest son is 11 and has
> been homeschooled until about a year ago and then we started unschooling. I
> had to let go of a lot of fear surrounding him not reading yet. Well at
> Christmas time he got a new iPod touch. Now with the new iPod touches you
> can text message anyone who has another touch, iPhone or iPad. Almost all
> his friends and most of our family have these devises. For the first time
> in his 11 years he said "I'm going to learn how to read so I can text" and
> since Christmas day he is actually typing and reading words! Everyday he
> texts me the words he knows like "hi, mom, love ect" and just yesterday he
> put his sentence together. "hi mom, I love you".
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> Happy new year!
>
> Sebrina
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JenniferW
I've never posted but wanted to reply because your post reminds me
of my daughter. I have two girls 9 and 11. The 11 year old, Brooke,
has had much difficulty reading in school. They left in March mostly
because of Brooke's stress in an environment that pushed many things
before she was ready. The last couple years she kept saying, "I
don't like to read." It wasn't entirely true as I'd
seen her enthusiastically read (or attempt to) things that interested
her. It was the *required* reading that made her believe she didn't
like it.
They discovered an online game Wizard101 and have been playing intensely
for months. In it you text other players in a virtual world. You must
spell correctly (mostly) or your text won't go through. Many of
their skills have skyrocketed from this game. Typing, spelling,
reading, managing virtual money, etc. They're learning because they
want to and are having a blast.
The other night Brooke found a book she'd lost and plopped down next
to me and started reading it to me. I was surprised and delighted to
hear her reading not only fluently, but with wonderful inflection. She
missed words here and there but I never said so. I was engrossed and
she had me laughing and it was so much fun.
Yet just a month ago she was skimming a game manual and I asked
something about it and she said, "I don't know, mom. You know I
don't like to read." She doesn't realize how untrue that
actually is, and someday I may say so if she doesn't discover it
herself. But right now I'm just thrilled with where she is.
Jen
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of my daughter. I have two girls 9 and 11. The 11 year old, Brooke,
has had much difficulty reading in school. They left in March mostly
because of Brooke's stress in an environment that pushed many things
before she was ready. The last couple years she kept saying, "I
don't like to read." It wasn't entirely true as I'd
seen her enthusiastically read (or attempt to) things that interested
her. It was the *required* reading that made her believe she didn't
like it.
They discovered an online game Wizard101 and have been playing intensely
for months. In it you text other players in a virtual world. You must
spell correctly (mostly) or your text won't go through. Many of
their skills have skyrocketed from this game. Typing, spelling,
reading, managing virtual money, etc. They're learning because they
want to and are having a blast.
The other night Brooke found a book she'd lost and plopped down next
to me and started reading it to me. I was surprised and delighted to
hear her reading not only fluently, but with wonderful inflection. She
missed words here and there but I never said so. I was engrossed and
she had me laughing and it was so much fun.
Yet just a month ago she was skimming a game manual and I asked
something about it and she said, "I don't know, mom. You know I
don't like to read." She doesn't realize how untrue that
actually is, and someday I may say so if she doesn't discover it
herself. But right now I'm just thrilled with where she is.
Jen
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