Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1678
[email protected]
In a message dated 12/9/01 12:49:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
NICKI~
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[email protected] writes:
> My point is that both girls have been a breath-takingThank you for writing this.
> delight and at times a heart-crushing ache. Both are
> fascinating, both love to learn new things, both
> understand their own and each other's mental
> processes. Both appreciate their own and each other's
> uniqueness.
>
> =====
>
NICKI~
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[email protected]
In a message dated 12/9/01 12:49:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
always had a Boston slant. We joke b/c my ILs are from the are but only see
her once a year or twice.
NICKI~
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[email protected] writes:
> ......Does the Boston accent have a connection to something? My dd 5 1/2 has
> My middle son didn't begin to really read until he was 10yo. He was one
> of those kids that spoke with a kind of Boston accent and phonics didn't
> make any sense to him
always had a Boston slant. We joke b/c my ILs are from the are but only see
her once a year or twice.
NICKI~
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[email protected]
In a message dated 12/9/01 12:49:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
her life by not sitting her down daily for the *subjects. Also by not
worrying about her reading. DD is 5 1/2 and my mother thinks she should be
reading well by summer or else she will be behind in the USA and have a
miserable life. And so on. It all started w/ my not worrying about her
reading till 8.
Groan````````
NICKI~ who never want s to visit back home again b/c I know they will be
looking for something now.
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[email protected] writes:
> You lost me, how things were with respect to learning, behavior,Learning. My mother thinks I am doing my dd a great diservice and ruining
> abilities, what?
>
> I do think 8 is the golden age for all of those, although I'm not sure
> about 9...
>
> Dar
>
her life by not sitting her down daily for the *subjects. Also by not
worrying about her reading. DD is 5 1/2 and my mother thinks she should be
reading well by summer or else she will be behind in the USA and have a
miserable life. And so on. It all started w/ my not worrying about her
reading till 8.
Groan````````
NICKI~ who never want s to visit back home again b/c I know they will be
looking for something now.
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[email protected]
In a message dated 12/9/01 12:49:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
NICKI~
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[email protected] writes:
> but she's been quite ill withSo sorry to hear this.
> cancer and was actually admitted to the hospital this morning. :-(
>
NICKI~
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[email protected]
In a message dated 12/9/01 12:49:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
NICKI~
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[email protected] writes:
> They are wooden rode (you can get plastic, but I much prefer wood) thatThank you.
> come in 10 sizes, each size being a different color. The white rod
> ("one") is one square centimeter, the red rod ("two") is 1x1x2, or equal
> to two ones next to each other... and so on, all the way through 10. John
> Holt wrote about them some, but basically they're just a nice, easy way
> to make somewhat abstract concepts about numbers concrete. Also, if you
> have enough, you can build dandy Egyptian tombs, playgrounds, amusement
> parks, playmobil furniture, and so on... The Miquon math program (which I
> think is so cool but Cacie has no interest in) uses them, too..
>
>
NICKI~
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Tia Leschke
>That's nuts. If she's 5 1/2 now, she would only be in
> Learning. My mother thinks I am doing my dd a great diservice and
> ruining
>her life by not sitting her down daily for the *subjects. Also by not
>worrying about her reading. DD is 5 1/2 and my mother thinks she should be
>reading well by summer or else she will be behind in the USA and have a
>miserable life.
kindergarten. Unless things have changed a lot, kids don't even start to
read until grade one.
Tia
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Tia Leschke
>Nicki,
>
> Thank you.
>
> NICKI~
Do you think you could change the subject line when you reply to a digest
post? It's hard to know whether I'll be interested in the post when it's
just called Digest Number 1678. Thanks.
Tia
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Leslie
.....Does the Boston accent have a connection to something? My dd 5 1/2 has always had a Boston slant. We joke b/c my ILs are from the are but only see her once a year or twice. NICKI~.......
I just used it, the Boston accent thing, because it best describes the letters he didn't pronounce and others that he pronounced in his own way. He might have said "bued" instead of "bird" or "muver" instead of "mother", that kind of thing. This made it impossible for him to use phonics to learn how to read words. He speaks clearly now, he's 12, and has almost lost the"accent" completely. He can read well but he still has some trouble working out a new word phonetically. He uses a variety of other clues including letter blends and sounds to decode language on his own. I always give him the word immediately if he asks for it, I never push him to work it out, assuming that he's tried it and that by the time he's asking me he's anxious to get the information. The same with spelling, if they ask for a word spelled correctly, I give it to them, I don't insist on watching them grope for it or making them work for it. I find that this approach, far from slowing they're development, encourages them to read and write more. If I put them through their paces with, "sound it out", or "look it up", the next thing I know their watching TV or doing something else.
Leslie
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I just used it, the Boston accent thing, because it best describes the letters he didn't pronounce and others that he pronounced in his own way. He might have said "bued" instead of "bird" or "muver" instead of "mother", that kind of thing. This made it impossible for him to use phonics to learn how to read words. He speaks clearly now, he's 12, and has almost lost the"accent" completely. He can read well but he still has some trouble working out a new word phonetically. He uses a variety of other clues including letter blends and sounds to decode language on his own. I always give him the word immediately if he asks for it, I never push him to work it out, assuming that he's tried it and that by the time he's asking me he's anxious to get the information. The same with spelling, if they ask for a word spelled correctly, I give it to them, I don't insist on watching them grope for it or making them work for it. I find that this approach, far from slowing they're development, encourages them to read and write more. If I put them through their paces with, "sound it out", or "look it up", the next thing I know their watching TV or doing something else.
Leslie
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Tia Leschke
>Oops! And here I didn't remember to change the subject myself. <g>
>Nicki,
>Do you think you could change the subject line when you reply to a digest
>post? It's hard to know whether I'll be interested in the post when it's
>just called Digest Number 1678. Thanks.
Tia
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rumpleteasermom
Things have changed a lot. At least here anyway! When Rachel was in
K, they were doing reading readiness stuff. 9 years later when it
was time for Wyndham to go, they were doing beginning reading, sight
words and phonics (in the same school). What a difference a decade
makes!
Bridget
K, they were doing reading readiness stuff. 9 years later when it
was time for Wyndham to go, they were doing beginning reading, sight
words and phonics (in the same school). What a difference a decade
makes!
Bridget
>start to
> That's nuts. If she's 5 1/2 now, she would only be in
> kindergarten. Unless things have changed a lot, kids don't even
> read until grade one.
> Tia
Tia Leschke
At 01:47 PM 11/12/01 +0000, you wrote:
not ready at that age.
Tia
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>Things have changed a lot. At least here anyway! When Rachel was inOh yuck! Even worse for the little boys, males being the ones more often
>K, they were doing reading readiness stuff. 9 years later when it
>was time for Wyndham to go, they were doing beginning reading, sight
>words and phonics (in the same school). What a difference a decade
>makes!
not ready at that age.
Tia
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