bnwhitaker Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Can some of you who have used LOE with a four year old tell me how well it went? I want to begin to teach the letter sounds but not sure if I should do LOE slower paced or just try to teach them on my own. I don think my ds will be ready for a the full LOE curriculum in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 DS learned letter sounds from ABC books and Leap Frog. I am using just the phonogram cards and Phonogram Game book from Logic of English for learning the rest of the phonograms. Except for lots of phonemic awareness activities (which I pull from various websites and reading programs from the library), some buddy reading in beginning readers, and lots of read alouds, I don't plan to do a formal program at all during preK or K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilk Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 We are using foundations A with our 3.5 year old. We are at the halfway point of the book, and so far the only issue is fine motor. Loe has been a great fit. We cover 3-4 lessons a week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 What is LOE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacbeaumont Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 LOE is Logic of English I haven't used it myself, but my only concern would be fine motor. My DS is 4 1/2 and I think he would have been frustrated with how LOE progresses through letter formation. but you can also just skip it if its a problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teneo Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 It went well. The problem emerged in handwriting halfway through book B the following year. My DS wasn't ready for the leap to full sentence copywork and dictation at the end of B and in C. We ended up using everything but the handwriting the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilk Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The handwriting thing is tricky. My DD still struggles with fine motor/letter formation, but we continue to work on it. We just don't hold her back based on handwriting. We also utilize manipulative letters instead of handwriting letters for some activities, and that has been pretty fun for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfries Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 My DD was 3.5 when we started with LoE Foundations level A. She worked alongside her big brother (who was a young 5). It was AWESOME. She actually took off reading before her big brother & we had so much fun doing school together. LoE is very hands on & there's lots of moving. I would not hesitate to recommend it for that age if the kiddo is showing interest or would be working alongside an older sibling. We didn't worry about handwriting at all with her at first, and even now she only does a very small portion of the handwriting. We're in level C now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I did Foundations A with my DS6 starting when he was 4.5 or so. We just skipped the handwriting for the most part (he taught himself upper case, and when he wanted to write a word, just wrote it all upper case). We went at his pace (taking breaks when he lost interest) over the course of his PreK year. Then this year we started out K with an intensive "lower case letter" month, where he learned proper formation of all the lower case letters before we started Foundations B. I probably could have taught most of the things in A without the program (he's my 3rd kid to use an LoE program, so I am pretty familiar with it) and he was a rock star at all the phonemic awareness activities right from the beginning...but since I already had Foundations A (I was a beta tester when older DS was in K), I went ahead and used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarson Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Great question! I've been wondering the same thing. My 2nd is begging to learn how to read but technically he wouldn't start school until the fall of 2016, due to his November birthday. I know he's not ready for the fine motor of writing but I also don't want skip things, just to have to go back and do them again once he's older. I've been considering going through OPGTR with him but don't want to 'mess' him up for when we start LOE. Decisions, decisions... I started LOE with my current K'er last summer and though she knew all her letter sounds and how to form all the letters, it was our initial introduction to phonics and reading. She loves it, I love it, everyone's happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwhitaker Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow everyone, thank you. Those are some very positive reviews and Im excited to begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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