Beginning Delightful Reading. Sonya?

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  • May 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm
    LillyLou
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    I’ve asked a couple of questions regarding Delightful Reading and my just-turned-four year old (Saturday was her birthday).  She knows all the letter sounds and can identify all the capital letters.  She’s also trying, randomly, to sound out words on her own (“fax” and “copy” on my all in one printer, for example).  However, she’s not yet familiar with all the lower case letters, which we’re working on.  I’d like to note that I’m following her lead completely here, because I don’t like to “push” little ones to read; I rather wait for them to ‘tell’ me they’re ready.  To this point, she’s pretty much picked this all up on her own.  Therein lies my newest question:  given that she’s trying to read on her own, should I go ahead and start the Delightful Reading lessons with her even though she’s not yet familiar with all of the lower case letters, or should we just spend time learning those before diving into reading?  Also, as a side note, I will be using Delightful Reading with my 8 year old daughter as well.  Would it be okay to do them together given the age difference?   My 8 year old can read a little, but not well, and I think this method will help “reprogram” her a little bit to see a word “as the face of a familiar friend” rather than as individual letters stuck together that you have to decode from scratch every time you see them, as she seems to do now. 

    My apologies- this ended up being a much more loaded post than I had originally planned Embarassed

    Thanks in advance!

    May 23, 2011 at 8:57 pm
    Sonya Shafer
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    RE the lower case letters, LillyLou: I think I would focus on learning all of them first. It probably won’t take her very long. In the meantime, you can continue to encourage her in her quest for recognizing words around her. You might even use that activity as a way to reinforce the lower case letters that she is learning.

    RE your 8yo: It would give you a better sense of how each child is progressing as an individual if you keep them separate for their reading lessons. It will also eliminate any possibility of negative comparison or competition between the girls. And remember, you still have the pre-reading activities to do with your youngest before she gets to the actual lessons. So go ahead and start 8yo dd now while younger one is finishing up her lower case letters. 

    Just my $0.02 worth. 

    May 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm
    LillyLou
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    Sonya, 

    Thank you so much.  That’s about what I thought you’d say, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something.  As always, you’re an awesome help, and I appreciate all you do!

     

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