tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post4561666155147564233..comments2023-12-26T21:48:58.294-05:00Comments on Bailey's Leaf: At, Bat, Cat, HatBailey's Leafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752350373632902394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-7319644816733521732009-03-07T12:36:00.000-05:002009-03-07T12:36:00.000-05:00Oh, one more thing, I just remembered a fun websit...Oh, one more thing, I just remembered a fun website http://www.starfall.com<BR/><BR/>Yes, kids definitely need to be kids and they definitely need to be ready and not pushed when it comes to reading especially. As a reader, I want my children to love it like I do, not consider it a chore.Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317328366288947798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-63859756735998204632009-03-06T23:10:00.000-05:002009-03-06T23:10:00.000-05:00Can't they just be kids for a little longer. I thi...Can't they just be kids for a little longer. I think that our children are being pushed just a little to hard. Pretty soon they will be learning Geometry and Chemistry in preschool. Yikes!<BR/><BR/>But seriously, you got me to thinking. Larissa and I started Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read awhile back and she just wasn't ready. Like K she knows her letters and sounds and just recently I have decided to try the reading again. We use our local library for everything we can. Check out your local library for Hooked on Phonics, if they don't have it maybe they can get it from another library for you. And just this evening I found two websites that seem to have "some" useful word/reading games. starfall.com and montessorihome.com. Check them out, they are totally free.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001186071720616200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-87225265989551266022009-03-06T10:53:00.000-05:002009-03-06T10:53:00.000-05:00If she is into it, I say embrace it. But don't pus...If she is into it, I say embrace it. But don't push... she is in preschool and still needs to be a kid. <BR/><BR/>I made sight word flash cards out of index cards and we went through them as Halen wanted to, which wasn't very often. Instead I used the book "How to teach your child to read on 100 lessons" which is the method they use in school and she fell in love with reading once we started working on that book. That same book was what I used to teach Bee to read when she was 4. She couldn't wait to read and demanded I teach her right now. <BR/> That book was the best.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05618231128475803247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-25899002439300866802009-03-06T09:22:00.000-05:002009-03-06T09:22:00.000-05:00Well first let me commend you on being so involved...Well first let me commend you on being so involved with your daughters’ schoolwork. K has a huge advantage because she has such caring parents! <BR/><BR/>Now, with our kindergartener, she just turned 6 last month, she is also working on sight words. And let me say, I stress out big time when it comes to spelling and working with the written word! It’s really amazing that I even have a blog at all! I have dyslexia and to say that my school career was stressful and difficult is a complete understatement. Luckily, for the most part my husband takes care of the tutoring when it comes to spelling and our kids.<BR/><BR/>He is from the old school of sounding things out, which I guess is what phonics is all about, right? But what he did was buy a punch of the extra sticky post it notes and then put letters on the post its like “ore” “it” “th” “sh” “lit” “ch” and so on. Then for about 30 minutes to an hour each night after bath they set at the kitchen table looking at the wall of letters. They arrange the post its to spell different words. Like putting the post it that has “be” together with the post it that has “fore” on it to spell before! Of course they make it a game by awarding pennies for words spelled correctly and nickels or dimes for harder words like “purple”. <BR/><BR/>I know this may or may not be helpful for you, but I can say that for our daughter she has really blossomed with her reading and spelling! Plus then she has some change she can spend at the store.<BR/><BR/>Sorry that got a little long winded. LOL, I guess I don’t always know when to shut up!GERBENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287735475277628279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-55454162868344947332009-03-06T08:17:00.000-05:002009-03-06T08:17:00.000-05:00J doesn't get any reading at his school. It's mor...J doesn't get any reading at his school. It's more play based and I think that's good for him. M started site words last year in Kindg. but he had a really bad teacher (good thing she's gone now) so this year is when they really started concentrating on those things. His teacher calls them "pop corn" words because they pop up everywhere. <BR/>If K is reading then I would foster that. Have her read every day items (magazines, TV guide, menu's, cereal boxes, etc.) and beginner readers. Just make it a part of everyday life and fun.<BR/>I don't believe M's school does phonics either. There is a whole different way of doing things now and most are mandated by the state of Ohio. Last year I went to Holcolmbs and bought some summer bridge books. Unfortunatey I bought them for a year ahead (DOH!) so we'll be using those THIS year. They do have phonics books there and I don't think they are that expensive. Another avenue to check out the homeschooling section of your library. I stumbled upon that and will be visiting there quite frequently this summer.ChupieandJ'smama (Janeen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12367131116081742274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-69578314124834025822009-03-06T08:07:00.000-05:002009-03-06T08:07:00.000-05:00If K is already reading some, go for it on the sig...If K is already reading some, go for it on the sight words. In fact, label everything in the house. Get yourself some index cards and clearly print the name of the item and stick it to it--"chair", "door", "oven", "cabinet", etc. The more print she's exposed to the better. <BR/><BR/>With the No Child Left Behind legislation, PreK and Kindergarten are no longer the schools we remember. There is such a drive and push to get the children even <I>thatbit</I> ahead. <BR/><BR/>If she's reading, embrace it! Encourage it! Love it!! :o) I would even do sight word flash cards and give her a small reward for the ones she gets correct (a sticker, etc.) or make it a game--who knows more K or Mommy? Make a K pile for the ones she gets and a Mommy pile for the ones she misses. <BR/><BR/>Okay, I'm going to stop now because I could go on and on and on. ;o)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317328366288947798noreply@blogger.com