Re: Nancy B.
Pam Hartley
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Read with them, play games like Silly Sentences (and you can make your own
of that type of game -- you basically have pronouns, nouns (subjects and
objects), adjectives, verbs, adverbs and spread them out randomly into
sentences that end up reading things like, "A crocodile sat in a frog shoe."
Okay, so our family is easily amused. ;)
Pam
>From: [email protected]They all say that. As my 8 year old sapiently observed, "Commercials lie."
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-Discussion] Digest Number 3896
>Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 7:32 PM
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> I do know, though, that the boys love computer stuff. Saw a program called
> "Phonics Tutor" that is pretty pricy (90.00) but says it's a simple program
> designed especially for kids who have had a lot of reading difficulties in the
> past.
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Read with them, play games like Silly Sentences (and you can make your own
of that type of game -- you basically have pronouns, nouns (subjects and
objects), adjectives, verbs, adverbs and spread them out randomly into
sentences that end up reading things like, "A crocodile sat in a frog shoe."
Okay, so our family is easily amused. ;)
Pam
Shyrley
Pam Hartley wrote:
make up stories verbally where one person does each line and it gets
sillier and sillier. I write it down and then they will re-read it.
Computer games are great. The first thing Rhodri ever learned to spell
was 'pepperoni pizza' as its a cheat code for Age of Empires ;-). This
Runescape game has been great for spelling and sentences. Dungeons and
Dragons could be recommended too. Not only is it fun, they write down
their characters attributes, get interested in the books and learn basic
arithmatic and percentages with the dice rolls.
Shyrley
>We play Hangman fairly often (on pieces of paper) and the kids like to
>They all say that. As my 8 year old sapiently observed, "Commercials lie."
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>Read with them, play games like Silly Sentences (and you can make your own
>of that type of game -- you basically have pronouns, nouns (subjects and
>objects), adjectives, verbs, adverbs and spread them out randomly into
>sentences that end up reading things like, "A crocodile sat in a frog shoe."
>Okay, so our family is easily amused. ;)
>
>Pam
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make up stories verbally where one person does each line and it gets
sillier and sillier. I write it down and then they will re-read it.
Computer games are great. The first thing Rhodri ever learned to spell
was 'pepperoni pizza' as its a cheat code for Age of Empires ;-). This
Runescape game has been great for spelling and sentences. Dungeons and
Dragons could be recommended too. Not only is it fun, they write down
their characters attributes, get interested in the books and learn basic
arithmatic and percentages with the dice rolls.
Shyrley