blondeviolin Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 My son started asking for reading lessons at just-turned-4. He was quick to pick up rhyming and blending, so we started in slowly. Once all of those things clicked for my daughter, she took off. This little guy, though, needed a lot more explicit instruction in reading than she did. He was stuck in that sound-it-out stage forever. He learned more phonograms, which was great, but he was still sounding EVERYTHING out. He's finally gotten to the point where he is reading Sonlight Grade 1 readers with pretty good fluency. I'm very pleased with his progress! He turned five at the end of October. :hurray: :thumbup: :thumbup1: :w00t: :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 :hurray: :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Good job Emmett!!! It's an exciting moment isn't it! :hurray: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 :party: That's awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yay it's a wonderful feeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Congrats! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 WooHoo! Celebrate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QTMom Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yay!!! Congratulations!!!! Great Job Emmett!!! :thumbup: It really is the best feeling when you can say, "I taught him how to do that!" :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nart Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Great job to both of you! I have the opposite situation. My oldest just turned six and he has worked at learning how to read. I started teaching him when he turned 4. He did all of 100 Easy lessons (he did every lesson twice so 200 lessons), half of Funnix 2, then we went back to around page 50 of Phonics Pathways and reviewed one page a day for 180 lessons. Now to finish off his kinder year I am having him read 3-4 pages a day if Dancing Bears Fast Track then Dancing Bears C. He can read fluently books like Mercy Watson or Ricky Ricotta but he doesn't have the stamina to read over a chapter of a Magic Tree House at once. My youngest is four and I started him on Funnix a little over a month ago. It is so easy for him. I predict he is going to take off and will learn to read in less than half the time it has taken his brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastTNmom Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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