Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1368
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In a message dated 8/15/01 4:13:45 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< 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. >>
This I tried w/ Frog and Toad but she tired of it after 2 nights.At times
she will p/u a book I've read and pretend to read it. She gets most of the
story correct. I am not worried about when she'll read, I have my standard
line for the inquiries. But she does seem genuinely frustrated about it. She
does alot of writing,she'll ask me to spell for her while she write a letter
to someone. She also writes in mirror image alot. My mother thinks this is
fascinating. I think I will try my mothers suggestion next and lable the
house. Might be fun.
Thank you NICKI~
[email protected] writes:
<< 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. >>
This I tried w/ Frog and Toad but she tired of it after 2 nights.At times
she will p/u a book I've read and pretend to read it. She gets most of the
story correct. I am not worried about when she'll read, I have my standard
line for the inquiries. But she does seem genuinely frustrated about it. She
does alot of writing,she'll ask me to spell for her while she write a letter
to someone. She also writes in mirror image alot. My mother thinks this is
fascinating. I think I will try my mothers suggestion next and lable the
house. Might be fun.
Thank you NICKI~
[email protected]
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:32:06 EDT RValvo7626@... writes:
I would make a series of clues and hide each on ein the place pointed to
by the last one, and at the end there would be a treasure (usually a lego
or playmobil treasure chest). When she first started, the clues were
things like "bed", then on the bed, there would be a card that said "cat"
(which only works if you have cats like ours who rarely move), then by
the cat it might say "tub"... and as she got to be a more proficient
reader it would be more like, "Look on mom's bed" or "Look under the milk
jug"... and later still I got into mysterious clues, like "This is the
place where books should be, When on their way to the library". She
really loved the gaem, she's always been into the idea of mysteries and
detectives.
Cacie once (unintentionally) wrote the whole alphabet in mirror image,
when trying out a new calligraphy set. It was kind of odd, since she
rarely wrote letters backwards. She still writes numbers backwards
sometimes, though, especially when she's hurrying.
Daron
> She also writes in mirror image alot. My mother thinks this isthe
> fascinating. I think I will try my mothers suggestion next and label
> house. Might be fun.When she first started reading, my daughter loved to do "treasure hunts".
I would make a series of clues and hide each on ein the place pointed to
by the last one, and at the end there would be a treasure (usually a lego
or playmobil treasure chest). When she first started, the clues were
things like "bed", then on the bed, there would be a card that said "cat"
(which only works if you have cats like ours who rarely move), then by
the cat it might say "tub"... and as she got to be a more proficient
reader it would be more like, "Look on mom's bed" or "Look under the milk
jug"... and later still I got into mysterious clues, like "This is the
place where books should be, When on their way to the library". She
really loved the gaem, she's always been into the idea of mysteries and
detectives.
Cacie once (unintentionally) wrote the whole alphabet in mirror image,
when trying out a new calligraphy set. It was kind of odd, since she
rarely wrote letters backwards. She still writes numbers backwards
sometimes, though, especially when she's hurrying.
Daron
jefferson academy
<< Some children are more sight readers and would be
in repeatedly reading a book she doesn't request to
hear over and over - but maybe if you tried a few
predictable print books she may take to that. Here are
a few suggestions: Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You
See & Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear (both by
Bill Martin Jr.), The Very Hungry Caterpillar & The
Grouchy Lady Bug (both by Eric Carle), Pumpkin Pumpkin
by Jeanne Titherington, If I Had by Mercer Mayer, But
Not The Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton, Cat On The Mat
by Brian Wildssmith, or Growning Colors by Bruce
McMillan. (Frog and Toad books would be almost
impossible first (*by*) readers - although they're
great to read *to* her. The books suggested have very
few words and the the pictures give enought cues that
your daughter will probably be reading them herself
after only a few readings by you. This was not the
method I used to teach my older children. They
learned in school using phonics and all read as little
as possible. This is something learned after it was
too late to help them, but this is what I'm doing with
my youngest.)
Michele
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> helped by having the same few books read over andLabeling everything is a great idea! There is no point
> over. She'll soon 'read' it from memory. >>
>
>
> This I tried w/ Frog and Toad but she tired of
> it after 2 nights.
in repeatedly reading a book she doesn't request to
hear over and over - but maybe if you tried a few
predictable print books she may take to that. Here are
a few suggestions: Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You
See & Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear (both by
Bill Martin Jr.), The Very Hungry Caterpillar & The
Grouchy Lady Bug (both by Eric Carle), Pumpkin Pumpkin
by Jeanne Titherington, If I Had by Mercer Mayer, But
Not The Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton, Cat On The Mat
by Brian Wildssmith, or Growning Colors by Bruce
McMillan. (Frog and Toad books would be almost
impossible first (*by*) readers - although they're
great to read *to* her. The books suggested have very
few words and the the pictures give enought cues that
your daughter will probably be reading them herself
after only a few readings by you. This was not the
method I used to teach my older children. They
learned in school using phonics and all read as little
as possible. This is something learned after it was
too late to help them, but this is what I'm doing with
my youngest.)
Michele
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Saga
I labelled the house for my son right before he turned two because he was
fascinated with signs and "reading" them (he would just read the letters on
them). While out and about one day he made me stop so he could read the
letters on a sign I asked him if he'd like it if he had signs at home to
read. He excitedly yelled "Yes!" and we went and got strips of sturdy paper
at a teacher supply store and went home. I asked him what he wanted me to
write on his "sign" and the paper were different colors so he handed me a
yellow one and said "draw yellow", so I wrote Yellow on it. He did it for
each color. Then he said he wanted one for fireplace and I wrote fireplace,
asked him where he wanted it, and he took it to the fireplace. He continued
until our home looked like a preschool :). door, toilet, oven, microwave,
closet, garage, cabinet, clock, dishwasher, drawer, bookcase, desk,
computer, television....
He loved to be able to go around and read the letters off of everything and
know what the words were. A few months later (he was about 2 years, 3
months) he spelled his first word. We were driving and he saw a building
with a D on it, he said "door has a D in it" and I said yes it does. He
then said "D-o-o-r says door".
A few months after that we went to a park and on the structure it says "Play
safe". As we were walking towards it he said "I know that word! It says
play!" That wasn't a word we had up, and after about a week of me trying to
figure out how he learned it I finally figured it out - the VCR!
Anyway, labeling can be fun. We've taken all of ours down for now, right
now we have the solar system up in our living room instead, per Julian's
requet :) If he asks again we'll put more up, it did make for a lot of fun,
and quick and easy distraction while I would cook dinner or do dishes.
-Kristi
-----Original Message-----
From: freeform@... [mailto:freeform@...]
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 10:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1368
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:32:06 EDT RValvo7626@... writes:
fascinated with signs and "reading" them (he would just read the letters on
them). While out and about one day he made me stop so he could read the
letters on a sign I asked him if he'd like it if he had signs at home to
read. He excitedly yelled "Yes!" and we went and got strips of sturdy paper
at a teacher supply store and went home. I asked him what he wanted me to
write on his "sign" and the paper were different colors so he handed me a
yellow one and said "draw yellow", so I wrote Yellow on it. He did it for
each color. Then he said he wanted one for fireplace and I wrote fireplace,
asked him where he wanted it, and he took it to the fireplace. He continued
until our home looked like a preschool :). door, toilet, oven, microwave,
closet, garage, cabinet, clock, dishwasher, drawer, bookcase, desk,
computer, television....
He loved to be able to go around and read the letters off of everything and
know what the words were. A few months later (he was about 2 years, 3
months) he spelled his first word. We were driving and he saw a building
with a D on it, he said "door has a D in it" and I said yes it does. He
then said "D-o-o-r says door".
A few months after that we went to a park and on the structure it says "Play
safe". As we were walking towards it he said "I know that word! It says
play!" That wasn't a word we had up, and after about a week of me trying to
figure out how he learned it I finally figured it out - the VCR!
Anyway, labeling can be fun. We've taken all of ours down for now, right
now we have the solar system up in our living room instead, per Julian's
requet :) If he asks again we'll put more up, it did make for a lot of fun,
and quick and easy distraction while I would cook dinner or do dishes.
-Kristi
-----Original Message-----
From: freeform@... [mailto:freeform@...]
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 10:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1368
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:32:06 EDT RValvo7626@... writes:
> She also writes in mirror image alot. My mother thinks this isthe
> fascinating. I think I will try my mothers suggestion next and label
> house. Might be fun.