mlgbug Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 we got a abd b from the library. i own C then 1-2.5 ETC books.... i was working our way through the a and b but dd is bored. should i just skip ahead and let her start book 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 My oldest started book 1 right at age 5. She never did the primers, because I knew she already knew the letter sounds and was ready to move on! If you think your dd is ready to start putting words together, then go to book 1. Right now my 4 year old is using the primers. He already knows all his letter sounds, but I'm not sure he's ready for sounding out words, and he's having fun doing the primers. We'll wait till he's 5 to start book 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlgbug Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 yeah she sounds out words well. she can do BOB books, and the HOP books, but sounds out every word. she doesnt read fluently.....but sounds it out then says the word. so maybe we will skip them :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Also skip the "half" books unless she really flounders with the "whole" books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calandalsmom Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I wouldnt skip them because they were fun. I think most kids enjoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Book 1 has a consonant pretest at the front. If the child can do that, they don't need the pre-primers. I do like the pretest, because it points out whether she knows *all* the consonants, even if she is sounding out words already. Since you already have the books, if she knows certain letters well but not others, you could simply do the letters that she doesn't know as well, maybe doing a single exercise (not the whole section) for letters she does know. If it's only one or two consonants, that's easily handled without a workbook. In our case, we did them (at a very variable pace) because my then 4yo did not do as well on the consonant pretest as I had expected. We actually went through the entirety of book b in one afternoon because those were consonants she already knew for the most part (and she wanted to do "just one more";)). It took a couple of months each to do the other two. I agree with not doing the half books unless she really needs them, as it would be overkill. For us, once we hit about book 4 (and I skipped the open/closed syllable lessons in that one as they were more confusing than beneficial for my daughter), ETC became primarily spelling for us as she was reading well. From there on I told her she no longer needed to do the exercise where you circle the word or sentence that goes with the picture, but she chose to do them anyway as she thought they were fun. We finished book 8 and went on to a different spelling program. Overall, make the program work for you rather than you working for the program. Take from it what you need and leave the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 If she already knows letter sounds, I would definitely skip them. We're doing the primers right now (we just started book C yesterday) but DD5 does not know all her letter sounds. If she knew them, we'd move on to book 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAndTheBoys Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Skip it! I didnt' use it with my older; bought it for my younger but didn't use it. I mean, if you WANT to do it, it's fun enough, but it certainly isn't a prereq for ETC book 1 if your child already can sound out 3-letter words-- Betsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlgbug Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 im so glad i just opened it and saw the begining pretest in book 1. i just called dd over to do it really quick and she got them all right, super fast, the only one she didnt know was qu. OFF TO BOOK 1 today :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I'm glad you posted this! I have 2 here, and 1 & 3 coming, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't overwhelm dd, who is also sounding out well but not reading fluently. The pre-test should help, and if it's letter sounds she'll be fine. Come on, mailman!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 We did. If your child knows the letters and letter sounds and has started to blend them into short words, you can head on over to book 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I thought about going to 1 with my 5 year old but he still struggles with the basics. He learned them last year but when we went over sounds with him and trying to put letters together like c-a-t or m-a-t he just was't ready so I am having him do the primers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I skipped the primers. I am only doing ETC with Sylvia to reinforce and keep her busy. ;) I dropped it with Becca because she knew how to read very well already and was impatient with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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