Comments | penguinet: My son is such a clever little boy

penguinet

My son is such a clever little boy

Mar 29, 2009 20:42

After watching beachin's grand-daughter, Kat, do the "Teach Your Baby to Read" program, I started it with Evan. I do the system she showed me, which Evan loves! Then, we change gears with some silly songs. Then we do 5-10 min of sign language and 5 minutes of traditional Dolch Sight WordsWell, he's got Days of the Week down, OK at Months of the Year, ( Read more... )

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beachin March 30 2009, 02:13:56 UTC

I'm so glad you did that. Evan will only benefit from taking the time to teach him while he is still young enough to soak it all in. Evan is so bright and will continue to impress you! Keep up the good work!

Joe and I were commenting that Kat only want to read when she comes over here now. Or do the "puter" which is the youtube stuff we do. I'm going to have to write some more sight word stories for her because she loves those. I just hope that her mommy keeps it up in Lafayette.

penguinet March 30 2009, 02:24:46 UTC

Oh, she might like these. Evan's crazy about them. You teach her the words at the begining and go over them at the top of each page, then let her pick them out. The stories are made up primarily of sight words. So, eventually, they can read the whole story themselves.

beachin March 30 2009, 04:18:06 UTC

What a fantastic site! Thanks for sharing it with me. I did really well. Now I just have to share it with Kat.

raventhistle March 30 2009, 19:15:44 UTC

He may be clever, but he gets it from you :D
My dad used to make me read words to him from his medical books.
I'm so glad they've got something like this out there.

dianagddss March 31 2009, 02:49:12 UTC

You are marvelous! Both my parents are educators, thus my nieces, who stayed with their grandparents frequently during their earliest years, spoke with fantastic vocabularies early.

Please forgive me for relating unrequested advice: If there is only one thing you can do, read to your child every night, and when they're ready, have them read to you. Point to the words, sound them out. Ask questions about the content on each page. Ask questions about the colors, the characters, their feelings, and what the child thinks will happen next.

Reading ability is fundamental to everything else. What you're doing is absolutely fantabulous. Congratulations. I'm jealous. I'm happy for you.

penguinet March 31 2009, 16:43:33 UTC

I agree! He's such a funny little guy. We read stories that have his sight words in them so he can pick them out. That way, he helps me read. Sometimes, he'll point to a word and say, "What's that?" I tell him and he looks like he's in awe when he repeats the word back. He's so amazed that all that black and white stuff can say so much.