Re: speaking of reading
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In a message dated 8/12/01 10:29:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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Are you sure? Are you going to quit being aware of reading levels soon?
different kinds of books or lables whatever she asks me to. She started
writing on her own about a year and a half ago. She recognizes all of the
letters and has a few words she spells on her own. The other day they had put
up a NO Boxes sign at the trash cans. She told me this is what the sign said
(it also had a bit more) Now I think this was aidentification of the sign b/c
there was a box left there and a new sign. But she has done this sort of
thing a few times.
I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me to. I picked up a
book at the library the other day, looked at it and put it back,too schoolish
for me.
My mother wrote the words for objects in the house and taped them
everywhere when I started showing interest. It worked, I phonetically sound
out words even now when I need too. I do not remember ever being taught to
read.
Just wondering how it has transpired for those of you who have young
readers or want to be readers. She gets very upset at times that she can't
read. I think it would help w/ her car trip fussiness and bed time troubles
too. All in due time but I'd like to help her too.
NICKI~
[email protected] writes:
<< <>
Are you sure? Are you going to quit being aware of reading levels soon?
>>My dd 5 in May complains she can't read. I read to her daily all
different kinds of books or lables whatever she asks me to. She started
writing on her own about a year and a half ago. She recognizes all of the
letters and has a few words she spells on her own. The other day they had put
up a NO Boxes sign at the trash cans. She told me this is what the sign said
(it also had a bit more) Now I think this was aidentification of the sign b/c
there was a box left there and a new sign. But she has done this sort of
thing a few times.
I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me to. I picked up a
book at the library the other day, looked at it and put it back,too schoolish
for me.
My mother wrote the words for objects in the house and taped them
everywhere when I started showing interest. It worked, I phonetically sound
out words even now when I need too. I do not remember ever being taught to
read.
Just wondering how it has transpired for those of you who have young
readers or want to be readers. She gets very upset at times that she can't
read. I think it would help w/ her car trip fussiness and bed time troubles
too. All in due time but I'd like to help her too.
NICKI~
Laranda Williams
my 5 year old starting reading books about 2 years ago.
I read some things from Glen Domain. He has an institute (the gentle
revolution I think its called) in PA (that I would love to get a chance to
visit someday)and a book I read 'teaching your baby to read'. It involved
making flash cards with large print but she enjoyed it has a fun game. Some
think that the focus on whole words would make learning phonics hard but she
picked that up because she was always able to relate sound to words she
already knew.
I looked at some ABEKA reading material and some scholastic readers for
phonics instruction but by she pretty much just picked it up by herself.
That same 5 year old is delayed 1-2 years in early/basic math skills. She
read Charlottes web a few months ago but if I ask her today what 2+3 is she
may answer any # from 2-10. I just have to remember not to worry about it
because that stresses both of us out. The author Glen Domain also has a
book how to teach your baby math but I never bought that one :(
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From: RValvo7626@... [mailto:RValvo7626@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: speaking of reading
In a message dated 8/12/01 10:29:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< <>
Are you sure? Are you going to quit being aware of reading levels soon?
different kinds of books or lables whatever she asks me to. She started
writing on her own about a year and a half ago. She recognizes all of the
letters and has a few words she spells on her own. The other day they had
put
up a NO Boxes sign at the trash cans. She told me this is what the sign said
(it also had a bit more) Now I think this was aidentification of the sign
b/c
there was a box left there and a new sign. But she has done this sort of
thing a few times.
I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me to. I picked up
a
book at the library the other day, looked at it and put it back,too
schoolish
for me.
My mother wrote the words for objects in the house and taped them
everywhere when I started showing interest. It worked, I phonetically sound
out words even now when I need too. I do not remember ever being taught to
read.
Just wondering how it has transpired for those of you who have young
readers or want to be readers. She gets very upset at times that she can't
read. I think it would help w/ her car trip fussiness and bed time troubles
too. All in due time but I'd like to help her too.
NICKI~
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I read some things from Glen Domain. He has an institute (the gentle
revolution I think its called) in PA (that I would love to get a chance to
visit someday)and a book I read 'teaching your baby to read'. It involved
making flash cards with large print but she enjoyed it has a fun game. Some
think that the focus on whole words would make learning phonics hard but she
picked that up because she was always able to relate sound to words she
already knew.
I looked at some ABEKA reading material and some scholastic readers for
phonics instruction but by she pretty much just picked it up by herself.
That same 5 year old is delayed 1-2 years in early/basic math skills. She
read Charlottes web a few months ago but if I ask her today what 2+3 is she
may answer any # from 2-10. I just have to remember not to worry about it
because that stresses both of us out. The author Glen Domain also has a
book how to teach your baby math but I never bought that one :(
-----Original Message-----
From: RValvo7626@... [mailto:RValvo7626@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: speaking of reading
In a message dated 8/12/01 10:29:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< <>
Are you sure? Are you going to quit being aware of reading levels soon?
>>My dd 5 in May complains she can't read. I read to her daily all
different kinds of books or lables whatever she asks me to. She started
writing on her own about a year and a half ago. She recognizes all of the
letters and has a few words she spells on her own. The other day they had
put
up a NO Boxes sign at the trash cans. She told me this is what the sign said
(it also had a bit more) Now I think this was aidentification of the sign
b/c
there was a box left there and a new sign. But she has done this sort of
thing a few times.
I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me to. I picked up
a
book at the library the other day, looked at it and put it back,too
schoolish
for me.
My mother wrote the words for objects in the house and taped them
everywhere when I started showing interest. It worked, I phonetically sound
out words even now when I need too. I do not remember ever being taught to
read.
Just wondering how it has transpired for those of you who have young
readers or want to be readers. She gets very upset at times that she can't
read. I think it would help w/ her car trip fussiness and bed time troubles
too. All in due time but I'd like to help her too.
NICKI~
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Tami Labig-Duquette
My youngest daughter struggles with reading as well. So far I help her
whenever she asks and read to her. But I have to say I feel a slight panic
coming on :) She is 8yo, and I know she will will read, my parents think I
am ruining my children (I always was the black sheep) <g> and they seem to
always come up with a snide remark aimed at living style or teaching (or
lack thereof)style. So far my children have been quick to respond without me
stepping in. Very frustrating at times, but, she does know sign language and
some spanish so I guess I'll just stay out of her way a while longer :)
Indiana Tami
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whenever she asks and read to her. But I have to say I feel a slight panic
coming on :) She is 8yo, and I know she will will read, my parents think I
am ruining my children (I always was the black sheep) <g> and they seem to
always come up with a snide remark aimed at living style or teaching (or
lack thereof)style. So far my children have been quick to respond without me
stepping in. Very frustrating at times, but, she does know sign language and
some spanish so I guess I'll just stay out of her way a while longer :)
Indiana Tami
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>From: RValvo7626@..._________________________________________________________________
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: speaking of reading
>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:57:21 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/12/01 10:29:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
>[email protected] writes:
>
><< <>
>
> Are you sure? Are you going to quit being aware of reading levels soon?
> >>
>
> My dd 5 in May complains she can't read. I read to her daily all
>different kinds of books or lables whatever she asks me to. She started
>writing on her own about a year and a half ago. She recognizes all of the
>letters and has a few words she spells on her own. The other day they had
>put
>up a NO Boxes sign at the trash cans. She told me this is what the sign
>said
>(it also had a bit more) Now I think this was aidentification of the sign
>b/c
>there was a box left there and a new sign. But she has done this sort of
>thing a few times.
>
> I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me to. I picked
>up a
>book at the library the other day, looked at it and put it back,too
>schoolish
>for me.
>
> My mother wrote the words for objects in the house and taped them
>everywhere when I started showing interest. It worked, I phonetically sound
>out words even now when I need too. I do not remember ever being taught to
>read.
>
> Just wondering how it has transpired for those of you who have young
>readers or want to be readers. She gets very upset at times that she can't
>read. I think it would help w/ her car trip fussiness and bed time troubles
>too. All in due time but I'd like to help her too.
>
>
> NICKI~
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> Just wondering how it has transpired for thoseNot only does every child learn at a different age,
> of you who have young
> readers or want to be readers.
but I think they learn best with different methods -
so you could offer many of them. The words on all the
objects in your house is a good idea. A word wall is
another - a wall with pictures of objects with the
name of the object on the card. Some children learn
by writing to read. Since she can print you could help
her to write her own stories by spelling them for her.
Some children are more sight readers and would be
helped by having the same few books read over and
over. She'll soon 'read' it from memory. Some kids
like to play a game with flash cards where you show
them a letter and if they can think of a word that
starts with that sound they win the card. You can
play a game of saying words like 'lighthouse' and see
if she can break it into light and house (this helps
with auditory segmentation.) You can play a sound game
by saying "/c/ /a/ /t/ - what word is that?" to help
with auditory blending (both necessary skills for
reading development. You're already doing the most
important thing - reading to her.
Michele
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[email protected]
NICKI said, "I am wondering how to teach her to read when she asks me
to. I picked up a book at the library the other day, looked at it and
put it back,too schoolish for me.. . . Just wondering how it has
transpired for those of you who have young readers or want to be
readers."
My son was reading within a few weeks of his third birthday. We took
a very unschool approach to the whole thing (like most things). He
showed interest, we made sure he had access to info. He absorbed it
and asked for more, we made sure he had more access. We read to him
and he had a phonics toy that named the letter or uttered the sound
it most commonly represents when you pushed a button shaped like it.
He played a LOT with magnetic letters, alphabet flash cards, and a
placemat that had the alphabet on one side and a "hidden letters"
puzzle on the other. When he started absorbing sight words we got
flash cards with them, too. But the real breakthroughs mainly came
from two sources--computer games and television--which allowed him to
study reading on his own. Of course, he's very visual and a very
independent learner (having me "watching" while he's trying to figure
something out drives him bonkers), so that was in perfect keeping
with his needs. That might not be true for your daughter.
We like Reader Rabbit around here--both the age-based series and the
subject-based line are popular, but the former is much more so. (The
publisher's website is at
http://www.learningco.com/SubCategory.asp?CID=251 but you can buy RR
stuff from almost any software vendor.) We also downloaded several
things (shareware and freeware) from
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/index.html and linked from
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/index.html to online games that he
enjoyed.
If you're open to using TV, I recommend you check out Between the
Lions, on PBS. That show is probably the largest single contributing
factor in my son making the transition from "knows certain words" to
"really reads". The website at http://www.pbskids.org/lions is
designed as a complement to the show, and you can find out almost
anything you want to know about it there. There are descriptions for
each episode, including what letter sounds and combinations are its
focus, and online and printable games and a list of recommended books
to reinforce the information. The site also has a section for
parents and teachers which explains in detail the educational theory
behind the show and gives tips on teaching reading. If I were going
to "do" anything to "teach" him to read, I'd probably start there.
It's such a FUN show, lots of music, groovy laid-back lion family
that seems to be unschooling. . .though the show's producers may not
realize it. You can also link from the PBS site to info on your
local station and air times for the show.
Hope you can find a fun way to feed that need!
Misty Blagg
athterath@...
to. I picked up a book at the library the other day, looked at it and
put it back,too schoolish for me.. . . Just wondering how it has
transpired for those of you who have young readers or want to be
readers."
My son was reading within a few weeks of his third birthday. We took
a very unschool approach to the whole thing (like most things). He
showed interest, we made sure he had access to info. He absorbed it
and asked for more, we made sure he had more access. We read to him
and he had a phonics toy that named the letter or uttered the sound
it most commonly represents when you pushed a button shaped like it.
He played a LOT with magnetic letters, alphabet flash cards, and a
placemat that had the alphabet on one side and a "hidden letters"
puzzle on the other. When he started absorbing sight words we got
flash cards with them, too. But the real breakthroughs mainly came
from two sources--computer games and television--which allowed him to
study reading on his own. Of course, he's very visual and a very
independent learner (having me "watching" while he's trying to figure
something out drives him bonkers), so that was in perfect keeping
with his needs. That might not be true for your daughter.
We like Reader Rabbit around here--both the age-based series and the
subject-based line are popular, but the former is much more so. (The
publisher's website is at
http://www.learningco.com/SubCategory.asp?CID=251 but you can buy RR
stuff from almost any software vendor.) We also downloaded several
things (shareware and freeware) from
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/index.html and linked from
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/index.html to online games that he
enjoyed.
If you're open to using TV, I recommend you check out Between the
Lions, on PBS. That show is probably the largest single contributing
factor in my son making the transition from "knows certain words" to
"really reads". The website at http://www.pbskids.org/lions is
designed as a complement to the show, and you can find out almost
anything you want to know about it there. There are descriptions for
each episode, including what letter sounds and combinations are its
focus, and online and printable games and a list of recommended books
to reinforce the information. The site also has a section for
parents and teachers which explains in detail the educational theory
behind the show and gives tips on teaching reading. If I were going
to "do" anything to "teach" him to read, I'd probably start there.
It's such a FUN show, lots of music, groovy laid-back lion family
that seems to be unschooling. . .though the show's producers may not
realize it. You can also link from the PBS site to info on your
local station and air times for the show.
Hope you can find a fun way to feed that need!
Misty Blagg
athterath@...