Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Helen re Reading late
Tami Labig-Duquette
My 7 yo (will be 8 in July) isn't reading fluently yet either. She does not
really have enough interest in it just yet, almost but not quite. I read to
her, her brother and sister read to her. She is more fascinated and busy
with other things right now. I worry some but I am letting her take her own
time, (her older sister was reading at an early 5yo). I feel when she is
ready she will, just like riding a bike :)
Tami
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really have enough interest in it just yet, almost but not quite. I read to
her, her brother and sister read to her. She is more fascinated and busy
with other things right now. I worry some but I am letting her take her own
time, (her older sister was reading at an early 5yo). I feel when she is
ready she will, just like riding a bike :)
Tami
>From: Sharon Rudd <bearspawprint@...>_________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Helen re Reading late
>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
>
>How did you make reading available to your boys to
>learn on their own? I know you had a more than subtle
>influence!!
>
>Would your electrician son consider posting to us on
>this list? Or at least to me? My seven year old is
>not reading yet. He understands how it is supposed to
>work, but it just isn't fun for him. He doesn't even
>want to read directions for things that he wants to
>make! yet. He seems so resistant, but I feel he is
>missing out.....there are SO MANY really good fun
>things to read! And reading gives me so much pleasure
>that, well, he says "Mama, we just aren't the same all
>the time." So I read TO him. And I have a sore throat
>just now.
>
>Maybe I just need some reassurance. My little boy is
>very bright.
>
>Thanks, Sharon
>
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Tami Labig-Duquette
Ok so I am replying to my own post :) I'm not as think as you silly I am :D.
I forgot to also mention she is very bright/witty in other areas, she
gardens can tell me all the herbs and what they are used for, she is also
very good with math, and she has empathy towards everyone and animals. She
is like a 7 yo hippie LOL
Tami
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I forgot to also mention she is very bright/witty in other areas, she
gardens can tell me all the herbs and what they are used for, she is also
very good with math, and she has empathy towards everyone and animals. She
is like a 7 yo hippie LOL
Tami
>From: "Tami Labig-Duquette" <labigduquette@...>_________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Helen re Reading late
>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 23:36:58 -0400
>
>My 7 yo (will be 8 in July) isn't reading fluently yet either. She does not
>really have enough interest in it just yet, almost but not quite. I read to
>her, her brother and sister read to her. She is more fascinated and busy
>with other things right now. I worry some but I am letting her take her own
>time, (her older sister was reading at an early 5yo). I feel when she is
>ready she will, just like riding a bike :)
>Tami
>
>
> >From: Sharon Rudd <bearspawprint@...>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Helen re Reading late
> >Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >How did you make reading available to your boys to
> >learn on their own? I know you had a more than subtle
> >influence!!
> >
> >Would your electrician son consider posting to us on
> >this list? Or at least to me? My seven year old is
> >not reading yet. He understands how it is supposed to
> >work, but it just isn't fun for him. He doesn't even
> >want to read directions for things that he wants to
> >make! yet. He seems so resistant, but I feel he is
> >missing out.....there are SO MANY really good fun
> >things to read! And reading gives me so much pleasure
> >that, well, he says "Mama, we just aren't the same all
> >the time." So I read TO him. And I have a sore throat
> >just now.
> >
> >Maybe I just need some reassurance. My little boy is
> >very bright.
> >
> >Thanks, Sharon
> >
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Sharon Rudd
Dear Tami
Thanks.....your child sounds beautiful, she must
resemble you!
Wish our children could play together. They have a lot
in common.
Sharon
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Thanks.....your child sounds beautiful, she must
resemble you!
Wish our children could play together. They have a lot
in common.
Sharon
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<<My seven year old is not reading yet.>>
<< My 7 yo (will be 8 in July) isn't reading fluently yet either >>
I think that 7 and 8 are young ages to be reading and in my opinion you do
not need to be concerned. None of my four ( two boys and two girls ) read at
7. I know there are some children that read at 5 and younger but there are
also some children that take algebra at 10 or younger. One of my daughters
was in an advanced gymnastic class at 4 and my other three children could
care less about gymnastics. They all have their own likes and dislikes. I
would not worry about the reading, it will come. And since you are reading to
them you are giving them a love for books.
Candy
<< My 7 yo (will be 8 in July) isn't reading fluently yet either >>
I think that 7 and 8 are young ages to be reading and in my opinion you do
not need to be concerned. None of my four ( two boys and two girls ) read at
7. I know there are some children that read at 5 and younger but there are
also some children that take algebra at 10 or younger. One of my daughters
was in an advanced gymnastic class at 4 and my other three children could
care less about gymnastics. They all have their own likes and dislikes. I
would not worry about the reading, it will come. And since you are reading to
them you are giving them a love for books.
Candy
Tami Labig-Duquette
That would be cool! She doesn't have many friends and has a hard time
relating to kids her age. But she does play well with all age groups.
Yes we are ALOT alike <g> but her hair is longer( down to her lil bum) and
more red than mine :)
Tami
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relating to kids her age. But she does play well with all age groups.
Yes we are ALOT alike <g> but her hair is longer( down to her lil bum) and
more red than mine :)
Tami
>From: Sharon Rudd <bearspawprint@...>_________________________________________________________________
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Tami and her little Hippie
>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:56:15 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Dear Tami
>Thanks.....your child sounds beautiful, she must
>resemble you!
>Wish our children could play together. They have a lot
>in common.
>Sharon
>
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Sharon Rudd
Dear Candy
Thanks for the reasurrance....two boys and two girls,
some of each! Thanks again! Sharon
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Thanks for the reasurrance....two boys and two girls,
some of each! Thanks again! Sharon
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end, anyway? I'm STILL learning to read -- every time I read a new word, or
have a bit of a struggle with a new written idea or way of phrasing).
It's interesting to watch. She started learning to read at about 2 months
old, swatting at books I held. She soon graduated to chomping on them and
drooling on them (yes, she's gifted), then to looking at them, frequently
holding them upside down, by the time she was 8 months.
She learned the alphabet from Barney and from being read to. She learned to
write her first word from watching Nick Jr. ("The first letter of "FACE" is
F, then comes the letter A..." -- she came downstairs with her Magnadoodle,
she was about 4 1/2, to show us). She sight reads some -- Pokemon, Pooh,
cat, Clover (the name of our street), etc. She sounds out some, especially
since she likes the stories and humor in the "Bob" books.
She is by no means "ahead" of what would be her classmates -- all of her
Brownie troop reads. If in school, they'd put on frowny faces and try to
worry us over her. And, with her temperament, they'd destroy her. Push Brit,
she turns into a puddle and leaks away. Push Mikey (little sister) and she
turns into Mighty Mouse and sends you to the moon. Thank G-d we unschool. ;)
I fully expect that Brit will continue to learn to read in dribs and drabs
and occasional brilliant outbursts. I fully refuse to worry over it -- it's
happening, I can see it unfolding right in front of me, and her timeline is
her own.
Her sister may very well read much later than Brit. I worry over Mikey (3)
even less, as she simply doesn't let other people's expectations affect her
as Brit will. Brit might very well care if some child taunts her for not
reading. Mikey would give them her "Me Queen, You Peasant" look and move on.
<g>
Pam
>From: [email protected]My oldest (6) is partway through "the process" (and when does "the process"
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1257
>Date: Tue, May 22, 2001, 12:14 PM
>
>> I must have missed this message somehow, and just caught it here on
>> Sandra's wise reply. We "made reading available" simply by always
>> having lots of stuff around to read, which we'd have done whether we
>> had kids or not because we're both reading addicts
>
> For all of you who have always unschooled your kids, I'm curious about the
> mechanics of how they learned to read. Did they pick it up on their own from
> having watched and listened to you, or did you use some sort of program when
> they indicated that they were ready?
end, anyway? I'm STILL learning to read -- every time I read a new word, or
have a bit of a struggle with a new written idea or way of phrasing).
It's interesting to watch. She started learning to read at about 2 months
old, swatting at books I held. She soon graduated to chomping on them and
drooling on them (yes, she's gifted), then to looking at them, frequently
holding them upside down, by the time she was 8 months.
She learned the alphabet from Barney and from being read to. She learned to
write her first word from watching Nick Jr. ("The first letter of "FACE" is
F, then comes the letter A..." -- she came downstairs with her Magnadoodle,
she was about 4 1/2, to show us). She sight reads some -- Pokemon, Pooh,
cat, Clover (the name of our street), etc. She sounds out some, especially
since she likes the stories and humor in the "Bob" books.
She is by no means "ahead" of what would be her classmates -- all of her
Brownie troop reads. If in school, they'd put on frowny faces and try to
worry us over her. And, with her temperament, they'd destroy her. Push Brit,
she turns into a puddle and leaks away. Push Mikey (little sister) and she
turns into Mighty Mouse and sends you to the moon. Thank G-d we unschool. ;)
I fully expect that Brit will continue to learn to read in dribs and drabs
and occasional brilliant outbursts. I fully refuse to worry over it -- it's
happening, I can see it unfolding right in front of me, and her timeline is
her own.
Her sister may very well read much later than Brit. I worry over Mikey (3)
even less, as she simply doesn't let other people's expectations affect her
as Brit will. Brit might very well care if some child taunts her for not
reading. Mikey would give them her "Me Queen, You Peasant" look and move on.
<g>
Pam