A few questions and in praise of the CM method

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  • October 3, 2014 at 12:40 am
    Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
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    I have a 1st grader who is learning how to read with 2 tagalongs ( 3 yr. old & 2 yr. old) and we have been doing the short lessons as Charlotte recommends. However,  my 1st grader who wants more then 2 hours of school. Since we have started school, he has been asking to do more and more we do. Now, he is asking for even more and we are doing about 4 hours. My question is, should I have him keep this pace or just keep his schooling just for 2 hours?

    Also, it has been along time since I taught school aged children how to read (DS 13 & DS 6 are 8 years apart), how do you know when they can read. I quess I am asking, what does the progression look like from learning the alphabet, sounding out words, etc.. We are using the Delightful Reading and he really likes it and can recongise the words for the most part. I just don’t know when I can start giving him readers, if that makes any sense. 

    My DD (15) said that she LOVES SCM. She said that this method helps her absorb what she is learning to deepers levels and loves the pace. DS (13) who could not get a single word down on paper on his own, is now doing a page of Story Starters and written narrations!!! I am sure maturity has a lot to do with it but I think it also has been the oral narrations that we did last school year. This method works and I just have to trust it!!! 

     

    October 3, 2014 at 7:09 pm
    Sonya Shafer
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    So glad you’re enjoying CM, Sarai!

    For your 1st grader, I think the answer depends on what those 4 hours would look like. If they include lots of time to explore outside, opportunities to learn home skills through chores around the house, and things like that, 4 hours is fine. On the other hand, if they are mostly filled with indoor dealings with letters, words, books, numbers, paper, and pencil, 4 hours is probably too much. 

    RE reading: One thing that worked well for us was to intersperse some readers along with the DR lessons. Once the child got past the Rain lessons, I started to introduce the Pathway readers: First Steps, Days Go By, More Days Go By, Busy Times, More Busy Times, New Friends, More New Friends. You could do DR 3 days a week and just have the child read aloud from a reader on the other 2 days a week. That combination might be helpful. (By the way, they have workbooks that go along with those readers, but I didn’t use them. I just allowed the child to practice reading aloud from the wonderful stories.)

    October 4, 2014 at 10:48 pm
    Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
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    Sonya,

    He has been doing a lot of book work and I will be adjusting his schedule and be in the fall air that we have.  Thank you for your wisdom. 

     

    Sarai

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