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I don't know what will fit your son but it sounds to me like you're off to a good start! :)

Nance



So I asked him this way... "Tomorrow morning when
you wake up and you could suddenly read and write better would you
like that or would it not matter, no big deal?" He immediately
responded positive saying that that would be nice. I asked him if he
would like it enough to be willing or want to work at it not in a
schooly way but in a way that would be fun and when he wanted to work
on it. He said yes. I asked what that would look like for him and
he couldn't come up with an answer. At one point he said that he
would like to be able to write neater. He didn't seem too interested
in cursive. He also said that he's ok with how he currently reads,
but as we talked about it he sounded like he wouldn't mind reading
better. So?... we decided to think about it and talk about it
tomorrow again.

I ask all of you... what would that look like? What are some fun
writing and reading ideas that are natural and not schooly??

Shileen

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Charlene

--- In [email protected], marbleface@... wrote:
>My son too wanted to learn to print and spell better (he's nearly
9). We made our own crosswords of words that meant something to him
(lizard, nintendo, his sister's name etc.). There is a great website
(I'll look for the link) that puts it all together for you.

Nothing ever seemed to interest him at the library! He would feel
angry as his sisters grabbed armloads of books and he couldn't find
one.

He does love to tell his own made up stories...so I would type them
as he spoke and then we would read them together. He would get so
excited by his stories and add drawings. He would then write a Part 2
and Part 3... Now he emails his stories (poor spelling & punctuation
& all) to his grandma. After his 3rd or 4th email, he started asking
me how to spell certain words.

These were just a couple of "unschooly" things we did and it helped
him a lot.

Charlene
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>
>
> I don't know what will fit your son but it sounds to me like you're
off to a good start! :)
>
> Nance
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>
>
> So I asked him this way... "Tomorrow morning when
> you wake up and you could suddenly read and write better would you
> like that or would it not matter, no big deal?" He immediately
> responded positive saying that that would be nice. I asked him if
he
> would like it enough to be willing or want to work at it not in a
> schooly way but in a way that would be fun and when he wanted to
work
> on it. He said yes. I asked what that would look like for him
and
> he couldn't come up with an answer. At one point he said that he
> would like to be able to write neater. He didn't seem too
interested
> in cursive. He also said that he's ok with how he currently
reads,
> but as we talked about it he sounded like he wouldn't mind reading
> better. So?... we decided to think about it and talk about it
> tomorrow again.
>
> I ask all of you... what would that look like? What are some fun
> writing and reading ideas that are natural and not schooly??
>
> Shileen
>
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>