Homemaker Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We just finished yesterday! She is 4 years old and we plan to "offically" start homeschooling for Kindergarten. What should I do until then? She is now use to having 1 on 1 time with me for the reading lesson, what should we do in place of that? Get a bunch of books from the library and read together? Should I start something like handwriting? Is there another good reading book that I should do? Should we just take it easy until we start Kindergarten? Any suggestions would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Take a peak at the Phonics Road threads of late....it will approach reading differently, but will definitely make the difference across the board in LA. I used 100EZL for all of my children and found too many gaps and had your question...now what? PR is our "standard" now...our go to, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We just finished yesterday! She is 4 years old and we plan to "offically" start homeschooling for Kindergarten. What should I do until then? She is now use to having 1 on 1 time with me for the reading lesson, what should we do in place of that? Get a bunch of books from the library and read together? Should I start something like handwriting? Is there another good reading book that I should do? Should we just take it easy until we start Kindergarten? Any suggestions would be great! I haven't found anything yet that I can really recommend except maybe Explode the Code. I would not take it easy though. I did this with my first and had to back track a lot when we started K. It was very disappointing but it's really a matter of use it or lose it at that age. I have liked 100EZL but would agree that it needs to be followed up with a more thorough phonics program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We'll do Spell to Write and Read after 100EZL, but none of mine will be that young when we finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisychics Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I bought Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading and started in the middle of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Webster's Speller from the whiteboard! A short explanation below in my signature, here are a few good threads. I did it with my daughter in K, it's great. The syllables start easy and make it so they can learn to read words divided into those syllables. By the end of K, my daughter could sound out anything, even 3 and 4 syllable words. There was a few months where she had to have words divided into syllables for her, but after a while she learned to do it on her own. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70153 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97408 Also, I have a fun game that you can play with her to help cement what she's learned: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine in al Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 It's nice and slow. And read to her classics so she is getting the language in her head and easy readers from your library for her to read. If her eye hand coordination is way up there, you may take a look at Cursive First. It uses phonograms used in All About Spelling. But I wouldn't push the writing, only if she thinks it's cool and fun. ~christine in al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I would not take it easy though. I did this with my first and had to back track a lot when we started K. :iagree:We took just one month off between Pre-K and K, and it took a couple of months for dd to get back to where she was with both handwriting and math. Five in a Row is great for this age. I also use it for vocab and copywork. It is a very gentle program that incorporates five different subjects. So if we don't make to science, for example, I have at least done some science with Five in a Row. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahancock Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Why not do something fun, like FIAR? Just run your fingers along the words while you read the books, so that she is continually exposed to them, point out which words she could read, and other than that, have a lot of fun. I did FIAR some after my daughter finished a year of phonics, and wanted to spend some time letting her enjoy good books and we made wonderful use of the homeschoolshare website for things to do with each book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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