MistyMountain Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm am gently working with 4 year old ds in reading. He is going through the stage dd was stuck in forever where he has to sound out just about every word. I want to work on smoother blending with him because he is pausing between his sound and will say c a t cat rather than ccaaattt cat. I am just starting simple readers like the ones on starfall with him. I am noticing that he is guessing some of the words from context rather than looking closely at the word. What can I do to stop that habit? This isn't a habit dd had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I don't know how to stop it, but my ds does this! Today we were reading about a pet at the vet and he sounded out v e t and then said "pharmacy" I just about died trying not to laugh! One thing that I have tried is flash cards and writing words on the whiteboard without any context. It helps some, but as soon as there is a story he's filling in his own words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 My dd did this quite a bit when we started. She still does it once in awhile, but much less now. I think it's one of those things that gradually goes away as their reading becomes more fluent and sounding out new words isn't so much work for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I had this problem with dd when she started reading. She even added in words (adjectives and others) to make the simple readers more pf what she was use to hearing. She would see the accompanying picture and make words fit more precisely. I let her but then I would make read the word she skipped just to be sure she did not skip it because she could not figure it out. Eventually we stopped reading the formula readers and this problem went away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianmomtofour Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Well, according to my facilutator, learning to read is only 10% phonics. Apparantly children learn to read by guessing from pictures. :huh: I honestly didn't know what to say to that! I solved this problem with my now 8 yo by switching to OPGTR. He really took off after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I never chastened them over it too much since using context clues can be important later on in reading, once you have a foundation in phonics. I just kept trying to redirect them back to sounding it out and being patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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