carriede Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I wanted to gauge my DS3's ability to begin reading. He's almost 4 and has his letters and letter sounds down pretty well. So long story short, he pronounced the word "at" as "a-tuh", with a distinct u sound after the t. I'm trying hard to laugh it off, but it's obvious I taught him his letter sounds incorrectly. I know I'm just going to have to emphasis the proper sounds from now on and hope he catches on. So, what methods do you all use to teach proper letter sounds? Or did you just manage not to screw up like I did? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulmomSDG Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The original Leap Frog Letter Factory video :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The Leapfrog Letter Factory DVD did most of the work for me. I did make sure to pronounce the sounds crisply without adding vowels to the consonants. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The beginning of OPGTR is letter sounds. You start with vowels and then consonants, one each day. The guide tells you exactly how to make the sound (they even say for t, d, etc. not to say the duh or tuh-which is probably the only reason I didn't teach her that ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qtkimi Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 a lot of people add the vowel sounds without meaning to just try not to do that anymore and he should catch on he is still pretty young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 We also used the leapfrog video. My oldest was almost 4 and the others just happened to learn it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 We tried multiple different things and its just didn't work with retention. So now we're going to be using Bearing Away, with our own "tiles". So it will consist daily of: - Book along the lines of OPGTR (just simple AIO book) called Bearing Away - Flashcards - Sandpaper Letter Cards We've tried ETC, OPGTR, Fitzroy ABC, Leapfrog Videos, and the retention just doesn't remain, so now we're onto something like daily drilling with flashcards, and using the sandpaper letters to trace the letter before shes "awarded" a flashcard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Leapfrog and preK iPad apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I tried to do it myself...the kid didn't catch on. So I went to the Leapfrog video and IPAD apps and he learnt them in 3 days. I then tried to teach him blending.....again he had no clue. I found an IPAD app for it and he went from clueless to expert blender in 20 minutes. No wonder it took my poor DD a year to learn to read LOL .... I wish I had the video and IPAD then. Obviously I am not meant to do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Preschool prep meet the phonics worked for my son but it doesn't seem to be working for my youngest yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debi21 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I tried to do it myself...the kid didn't catch on. So I went to the Leapfrog video and IPAD apps and he learnt them in 3 days. I then tried to teach him blending.....again he had no clue. I found an IPAD app for it and he went from clueless to expert blender in 20 minutes. No wonder it took my poor DD a year to learn to read LOL .... I wish I had the video and IPAD then. Obviously I am not meant to do it myself. if i may inquire, which app did you use for blending? we're past that with my oldest, but i didn't find one that worked for him. (leap frog word factory video was the winner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Leapfrog it is! That particular one doesn't seem to be on Netflix... Boo. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I agree with the Leapfrog Letter factory dvd. I also use starfall and just practicing the sounds with them myself. You can sometimes get the Leap Frog DVD's at Costco for like 6.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Just wanted to say leapfrog Letter factory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I taught my 2 year olds the letter sounds just by pointing them out in alphabet books, but at the same time I was blending for her so that she heard it orally. With my first child I made some of the mistakes you pointed out and she had no problems when learning to blend despite it - I have since corrected myself for the second child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulmomSDG Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Leapfrog it is! That particular one doesn't seem to be on Netflix... Boo. Thanks!! Yep, Netflix has the newer ones (which we do watch sometimes) but I find myself going to the original. Once they know the letter sounds pretty well we begin Phonics Pathways. This has been the most straight-forward & successful method for our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I also used Leapfrog Letter Factory for the one kid that didn't learn them on his own. :) I really like Phonics Pathways for blending after that. My 3 year old (almost 4) uses it, though we stay in the "easy section". He could go farther, but he's just not mature enough to want to "work" at learning. So I let him pick which page we do. Today, he was reading: "a s-a sa... e s-e se... i s-i si..." lightening fast. It was hilarious. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 We did watch the Leap Frog video for a while, and then once DD showed an interest in workbooks, we switched to the ETC A/B/C books. I'm about halfway through book B with my youngest. We usually do 1 letter over a 1-2 day span. I also have letter picture cards that we sort by beginning sound after each lesson (I pick 3 letters we've previously learned). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicmommy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Here is a site where you can "hear" the sounds: http://www.phonogrampage.com/ I have used it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 We did watch the Leap Frog video for a while, and then once DD showed an interest in workbooks, we switched to the ETC A/B/C books. I'm about halfway through book B with my youngest. We usually do 1 letter over a 1-2 day span. I also have letter picture cards that we sort by beginning sound after each lesson (I pick 3 letters we've previously learned). My dd loves workbooks, we've gone throu a bunch of kuman writing books already. (she does them with big bro) thanks for the rec! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenNotOfTroy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 DS learned letter sounds from the Leapfrog Letter Factory video. He learned blending from another of their videos and learned more from the Reading Eggs (subscription) web site. He also used the Starfall (free) web site, but I am not convinced he learned much on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I also agree Leapfrog Letter Factory!! My daughter will be 3 next week and 4 weeks ago barely knew any of her letters she just wasn't interested at all. My sister gave me letter factory and after watching it 3 times in 2 days she knows her upper and lower case and all the sounds! 4 weeks later and she is all about letters and has insisted on starting Phonics Pathways like her 4 year old brother. She is already starting to blend letters a bit. That dvd sparked her love for letters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The original Leap Frog Letter Factory video :) This is precisely what I was going to suggest. DD7 and DS3 both watch/watched it and learned their letter sounds from it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyMandy Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I haven't used it much yet, but I got the Zoo-phonics wall poster, flashcards, and CD. I like the animal visual to help with the letter shapes and how they incorporate the sounds with body motion. I'm excited to use it with my boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Leap Frog letter factory rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Yet another vote for Leapfrog Letter Factory. DD already knew most of sounds by the time we got the DVD, but this solidified them all for her. And I'd already read a warning somewhere about teaching sounds with the vowel sound attached (tuh, duh) so I had a head start :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea_lpz Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 We have done starfall and that was helpful for me to know how to teach k blending and letter sounds which is tricky to teach because you don't really think about letter sounds / blends after learning to read solidly. I've seen the leapfrog DVD letter factory recommended before and am glad to hear others have liked it before buying. I am attempting to be more selective about what I buy now because I went overboard last year as a new homeschool mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I tried to do it myself...the kid didn't catch on. So I went to the Leapfrog video and IPAD apps and he learnt them in 3 days. I then tried to teach him blending.....again he had no clue. I found an IPAD app for it and he went from clueless to expert blender in 20 minutes. No wonder it took my poor DD a year to learn to read LOL .... I wish I had the video and IPAD then. Obviously I am not meant to do it myself. Which iPad app did you use for blending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferLynn Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 The Frog, too. But even now, when DD4 has to sound words out it is drawn out and the consonants end with vowel sounds. We'll just correct and repeat without the drawl and when she reads at a normal pace it goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2queens&1princenmyhouse Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Leapfrog it is! That particular one doesn't seem to be on Netflix... Boo. Thanks!! Most of our libraries have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathie in VA Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Hey, has anyone seen / used this book from the Logic of English - Doodling Dragons? http://www.logicofen...-book-of-sounds It's only $15, sounds interesting... I don't know if I'd go for the whole program as it is pricey and I only have one left to teach phonics... we use Alpha Phonics... They also have a neat ipad app (now if I only had an ipad or iphone!): https://itunes.apple...=8&ign-mpt=uo=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I tried to do it myself...the kid didn't catch on. So I went to the Leapfrog video and IPAD apps and he learnt them in 3 days. I then tried to teach him blending.....again he had no clue. I found an IPAD app for it and he went from clueless to expert blender in 20 minutes. No wonder it took my poor DD a year to learn to read LOL .... I wish I had the video and IPAD then. Obviously I am not meant to do it myself. Another one interested in the app!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammv15 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The phonics song 2 on you tube worked well for my dc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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