kayb85

Matt isn't reading yet, but today out of nowhere he asked me if there
is a "L" in "wood". I said no, but then wrote down both wood and
would, explained the difference between the two words and showed him
the "l" in "would".

And then it clicked why he asked. He wanted to know if the first
letter in wood was "l", because he sometimes pronounces l's like
w's. For example, he sometimes says wittew instead of little.

Some wheels in his brain must have been turning somewhere, and he
must have been trying to put letters together with words somehow. He
knows his brother's name begins with an L and he pronounces that like
a "w", and he pronounces the beginning of wood like a w, so he
thought they must begin with the same letter.

I didn't try to explain that to him, I just said that they both begin
with a w, not an l. He just said "Oh" and went off.

Sheila

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In a message dated 9/13/03 11:38:33 PM, sheran@... writes:

<< And then it clicked why he asked. He wanted to know if the first

letter in wood was "l", because he sometimes pronounces l's like

w's. For example, he sometimes says wittew instead of little. >>

When Holly was learning (at seven) to pronounce "r"s, sometimes she would
stop still, and ask if a word had an r in it. Then she would move her mouth and
think really hard.

It would have helped her if she had been an early reader. Now, though,
nobody would guess she was kinda late with "r" or only read recently.

Sandra

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In a message dated 9/14/2003 12:38:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
sheran@... writes:

> And then it clicked why he asked. He wanted to know if the first
> letter in wood was "l", because he sometimes pronounces l's like
> w's. For example, he sometimes says wittew instead of little.
>
>

My dd is 3 and says sometimes "yittle" for "little" and "yap" for "lap" It's
extremely cute at this age but I wonder if it might be a problem later on or
will just clear up with age.
Amy Kagey
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the_clevengers

--- In [email protected], "kayb85" <sheran@p...>
wrote:

> And then it clicked why he asked. He wanted to know if the first
> letter in wood was "l", because he sometimes pronounces l's like
> w's. For example, he sometimes says wittew instead of little.
>
> Some wheels in his brain must have been turning somewhere, and he
> must have been trying to put letters together with words somehow.

My ds (just turned 7) writes prolifically, but mostly phonetically.
Since he still pronounces r's like w's, this makes for some pretty
adorable phonetic spelling. Like a sign he put on the door: "If U See
A Monstr Dont Skweem!"

I just have to save some of these treasures. I know sooner or later
(probably sooner as he has started reading a lot more), he will
figure this one out, and all those cute spellings will go away.

Blue Skies,
-Robin-

the_clevengers

--- In [email protected], amycats2@a... wrote:
> My dd is 3 and says sometimes "yittle" for "little" and "yap"
for "lap" It's
> extremely cute at this age but I wonder if it might be a problem
later on or
> will just clear up with age.

It won't be a problem unless someone makes it one. At her age, it is
totally age-appropriate. She'll grow out of it at some point. In
between that time, she might start reading and writing herself. Maybe
her spelling will reflect the way she talks (like my son
writes ""vewy bootiful") Sometimes reading his writing is like
reading Elmer Fudd, but it's cute. I have no doubts that, as with
most of the cute things he used to say ("hostible" instead
of "hospital"), this too will pass.

Now then, if a child was going to school, where other kids would
tease them for their speech and/or their writing... THEN it becomes a
problem. One of the great things about unschooling is that so many so-
called "problems" just don't exist, as the kids are allowed to grow
out of them naturally. I know people who have their 3 y.o.'s in
speech therapy for very normal 3 y.o. speech patterns, just on the
off-chance that they won't outgrow it in time not to be teased at
school. Twisted.

Blue Skies,
-Robin-

coyote's corner

Robin,
Thanks so much for this gem!
Janis
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--- In [email protected], "kayb85" <sheran@p...>
wrote:

> And then it clicked why he asked. He wanted to know if the first
> letter in wood was "l", because he sometimes pronounces l's like
> w's. For example, he sometimes says wittew instead of little.
>
> Some wheels in his brain must have been turning somewhere, and he
> must have been trying to put letters together with words somehow.

My ds (just turned 7) writes prolifically, but mostly phonetically.
Since he still pronounces r's like w's, this makes for some pretty
adorable phonetic spelling. Like a sign he put on the door: "If U See
A Monstr Dont Skweem!"

I just have to save some of these treasures. I know sooner or later
(probably sooner as he has started reading a lot more), he will
figure this one out, and all those cute spellings will go away.

Blue Skies,
-Robin-


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kayb85

> My ds (just turned 7) writes prolifically, but mostly phonetically.
> Since he still pronounces r's like w's, this makes for some pretty
> adorable phonetic spelling. Like a sign he put on the door: "If U
See
> A Monstr Dont Skweem!"

That is SO sweet! If he ever disregards that sign, I'd put a date on
it and save it forever. :)

Sheila

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In a message dated 9/14/03 6:07:42 AM, amycats2@... writes:

<< My dd is 3 and says sometimes "yittle" for "little" and "yap" for "lap"
It's
extremely cute at this age but I wonder if it might be a problem later on or
will just clear up with age. >>

It will clear up.
Play with those sounds in your mouth. They're really close together, with
your tongue up in the roof of your mouth. It's just hard for baby tongues to do
certain things. She'll grow into it.

Maybe sometimes just play around with "la la la la" in some funny way and if
she can't do it yet, try again in a month or three, and maybe though it's hard
to hear details in flowing speech, she'll hear the "la la la." Maybe sing a
song she knows with just "la" or play "guess the song" by doing a song without
lyrics, only "la."


Sandra

kayb85

You have me singing now: "La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's world. La
la la la, La la la la, Elmo's world. He loves his goldfish, his
crayon too. That's elmo's world!"

And if Luke (who's 4) joins in, it will sound like, "ee ya ee ya, ee
ya ee ya, Owmo's world, ee ya ee ya, ee ya ee ya, Owmo's world. Me
loves my goldfish, ee and my crayon, That's owmo's world!"

It's very sweet to hear him sing that. :)

Sheila


>
> Maybe sometimes just play around with "la la la la" in some funny
way and if
> she can't do it yet, try again in a month or three, and maybe
though it's hard
> to hear details in flowing speech, she'll hear the "la la la."
Maybe sing a
> song she knows with just "la" or play "guess the song" by doing a
song without
> lyrics, only "la."
>
>
> Sandra