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In a message dated 9/12/2000 8:38:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
MorelFam@... writes:

> . she could read to the new baby but maybe not get such a sense of
> accomplishment, eh? offering to listen to her myself more may be
> encouraging. part of her complaints that night though were that she
wanted
> to be able to do it without me.

She sounds like quite the young lady! You are a lucky mom to have children
who know what they want and are willing to struggle to get it. (I know it
doesn't always FEEL so lucky...BG)

By all means, have her read to the baby! Ask her what the baby's reaction
was. I'll bet the baby will love it, and the reader will get practice. I
also like the idea of having her read to you. You could be folding clothes,
fixing dinner, taking a bubble bath, or cuddling with dd as appropriate.

I just had a thought...(surprise!)...would it help any if she read into a
tape recorder? If I remember right, she was frustrated because she wasn't
reading as well as she thought she should be...? Taping her reading might be
a fun way to encourage practice while also encouraging her to meet her needs
independently. If you try this, be sure and save the first tape to listen to
somewhere down the road. Just in case she needs to hear proof that she is
making progress.

FWIW,
Eiraul

Lynda

Our kidlet that had the most trouble reading "got it" when we bought him
his own casette recorder and he made his own books on tape. He read the
books into the tape recorder and then would draw his own little book to go
along. He created a whole library of these "books." As he got better and
more confident, he would go back and redo the taped part. Eventually he
could do a real good job and when he reached the teens he volunteered to do
reading for the blind for their taped books!

Lynda

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> From: Valerie <valeries@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Unschooling-dotcom] reading struggles
> Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:30 AM
>
>
> << You
> wouldn't have a little one for her to read to, would you? >>
>
> valerie--
> yesss! but are they patient enough? hmmm. not the precocious four year
old
> who tells her to hurry up and often finishes the word she is sounding out
> (bc
> he can hear it coming!)... and the 2yr old wont sit still for her either
:)
> Erin,
> We really must be leading parallel lives...I have a 4 yo and 2 yo also.
> That's who Tabitha reads to, _if_ they will sit still. Tabitha usually
keeps
> reading regardless of whether or not her little sisters have trotted off
> somewhere mid-story. I always try to catch her when she's reading to
> encourage her. She needs boosts of confidence living in her older
sister's
> shadow. Just last night she complained that it took her so long to read
> something (Harry Potter). I asked if she remembered what she read when
she
> was finished. She said yes....I explained many kids her age or older are
> forced to read before they're ready and they don't remember anything they
> read. That impressed her.
> **************
> ... she could read to the new baby but maybe not get such a sense of
> accomplishment, eh? offering to listen to her myself more may be
> encouraging. part of her complaints that night though were that she
wanted
> to be able to do it without me. she wanted to be able to cook without
me,
> as
> if not reading is just holding her up in life! she wants to break free,
> move
> on! but also, wants it to happen by magic. come to think of it, i have
a
> tendency to want things that way too... :)
> Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it? Ha. Sometimes things like reading
> really do just "click" but not always. Tabitha is such a little woman.
She
> takes over the computer to pretend it's her office, complete with phone,
> memo pad, and little sisters for assistants.
> *****************
> ps yes, i think she would be interested in being epals... tabitha can
email
> her at my edress, just put "lynde" in the subject line! i wont tell her,
> she
> will be delighted!
> Okay, I'll tell Tabitha she has a new e-pal. She also likes snail mail so
> she can draw pictures. It's supposed to be a nice day but I'll try to get
> her to write to Lynde sometime today.
>
> Later...Valerie
>
>
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Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall

>By all means, have her read to the baby! Ask her what the baby's reaction
>was. I'll bet the baby will love it, and the reader will get practice

You know, I used to read to my kids (when they were pre-mobile) from chapter books like Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland, or whatever I was reading, like Ben. Franklin's autobiography. They loved it. Now they are toddlers, and barely able to sit still long enough for board books. LOL

Nanci K.


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In a message dated 9/14/2000 2:43:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tn-k4of5@... writes:

>
> You know, I used to read to my kids (when they were pre-mobile) from
chapter
> books like Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland, or whatever I was
> reading, like Ben. Franklin's autobiography. They loved it. Now they are
> toddlers, and barely able to sit still long enough for board books. LOL
>
> Nanci K.
>

I bet you'd do it again, too. It develops relationships so well. Something
about hearing the voice of someone you love and just spending that time
together.

Gotta agree, better not force it when they are mobile, though. LOL

Eiraul

Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall

>> You know, I used to read to my kids (when they were pre-mobile) from chapter books
>> Nanci K.

>I bet you'd do it again, too.
>Eiraul

I would do it again. I think I got as much out of it as they did.

Nanci K.

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