reading update (utterly frivolous)

DS received a card in the mail from his grandparents last week. We sat in
the driveway where I had given it to him because he *had* to read it. He sat
there and sounded out every single word except ones with compound sounds,
which somehow he managed to figure that that is what those were and asked
me. He was SO proud of himself! He is gaining confidence. Cutting with
scissors has always been tough for him, and he avoids it. Two days ago, he
asked if he could have some homework. Could I please find him a worksheet
for cutting practice. We went to google, found some perfect ones, and he sat
with his head down practicing cutting on the lines.

Anway, I love the snot out of him. He gave me the sweetest hug this morning.
It made me so sad to say good bye.

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:44:48 -0500, "Stephanie"
wrote:

DS received a card in the mail from his grandparents last week. We sat in
the driveway where I had given it to him because he *had* to read it. He sat
there and sounded out every single word except ones with compound sounds,
which somehow he managed to figure that that is what those were and asked
me. He was SO proud of himself! He is gaining confidence. Cutting with
scissors has always been tough for him, and he avoids it. Two days ago, he
asked if he could have some homework. Could I please find him a worksheet
for cutting practice. We went to google, found some perfect ones, and he sat
with his head down practicing cutting on the lines.

Anway, I love the snot out of him. He gave me the sweetest hug this morning.
It made me so sad to say good bye.

Awwww :-)

Nan

Isn't it wonderful watching children go through
the steps and phases of learning to speak or read?

Here's an idea to get him started on compound sounds,
if he's ready. You could introduce r as the second
letter of a word, showing him examples and telling
him what they sound like, such as "ban, bran;
gape, grape" (if he reads long a's like that already);
dip, drip," etc. You could then show him
"tuck, truck", slowly reading it for him, then
ask him to read it, then have him read "tack, track".

Then you could give him other examples of words
with r as the second letter, for him to read.

I would leave l as the second letter to another day,
and s as the second-last letter as in ask, test etc.
to another day, etc.

Oops, I forgot. I was going to suggest that
I think it's easier for a child to learn
s as the first letter (pit, spit; cab, scab) before
r as the second letter. Also, two-letter sounds
such as sh are probably a good idea to teach before
any of these. I'm not sure what you'd meant by
compound sounds.

Catherine Woodgold ) writes:
Isn't it wonderful watching children go through
the steps and phases of learning to speak or read?

Here's an idea to get him started on compound sounds,
if he's ready. You could introduce r as the second
letter of a word, showing him examples and telling
him what they sound like, such as "ban, bran;
gape, grape" (if he reads long a's like that already);
dip, drip," etc. You could then show him
"tuck, truck", slowly reading it for him, then
ask him to read it, then have him read "tack, track".

Then you could give him other examples of words
with r as the second letter, for him to read.

I would leave l as the second letter to another day,
and s as the second-last letter as in ask, test etc.
to another day, etc.