I get so excited when I see big improvements in the kids schooling! For the past several days our son has grown leaps and bounds in reading!! So far our reading has consisted of sounding out each individual word and then repeating the word as a whole word (m -a - p map). I started getting him to sound out the words in his head and then say the word aloud. But recently I have had him look at a word and just say what he sees altogether....no sounding it out. WOW! He really caught on and there is very little pausing to sound out a word. We are going through the book Succeeding at Reading by Keepers of the Faith. We do timed drills as well and today he was up to 14 words a minute!
It is so neat to watch him out in public sounding out words. We went grocery shopping the other day and after a couple days of learning about the phonics sound 'sh', he was standing at the meat section and said "Mommy, that says 'FRESH'. Daddy and Mommy we both excited to see his excitement at reading such a big word!
What a gift it is to be able to watch these little minds grow and provide the enthusiasm and encouragement to help them along!! I just love it!
Well...... you must be doing a great job of teaching your kids.It is exciting to see them learning and advancing in their education.Being able to have a part in my guys learning is beyond words.I'm thrilled everything is going so well for you and the kids.KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK KIDS!!!!!!!! YOU will be able to read to Grandma when we come down,instead of the other way around.:)
ReplyDeleteThat is great how well our boy is doing his reading!!! Great job on your part, too, Mommy!!!
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