scrapper4life Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 My DS4 knows his letter sound well. I would say he mastered them about 6 months ago or so. We've just continued reviewing them through play. But he really wants to learn to read. I got a copy of OPGTR from library and I'm wondering if I could skip the sound lessons and start at lesson 27 (I think) with "at" words. I'm not one to skip things, even if it's review, but I really think he may get frustrated to hear all this again and still not be able to read 'all by himself.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 By all means skip. From reading on this board I get the impression that most people skip the ABC lessons. Many don't want to go that slow so they sub for funner/more effective lessons on alphabet sounds and then start with lesson 27 or beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Skip it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yup. I've skipped twice now and have no intention of doing them with my other kids. I let the Frog and various iPad apps do the heavy lifting for me on teaching letter sounds. ☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 We skipped it when we started my dd on it. She knew the letters and sounds pretty well. I did review them to make sure she knew them and then we moved on. She had started sounding out cvc words before we started OPG so I knew she had a good grasp on the sounds. We too use Leap Frog and play time to learn letter sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapper4life Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Great! A follow up question, if I may... My son still doesn't say g or c/k sounds correctly. Do I need to hold off on further instruction until he improves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 No. Just model the sounds correctly each time. My sons pronunciation is improving with age. We occasionally play letter games with the sounds we want to focus on and we exxagerate the mouth shape for the sound if need be. if he really is in to it, Jr can say each sound correctly in isolation but he still talks and reads with his usual.pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 We initially planned on using this and skipped the initial pages. My ds has known the basic sounds for ages. We waited a few months and tried again and again. It just hasn't worked. I still would like to use OPGTR after we finish 100EZ lessons. Anyone have a recommendation for where to begin in OPGTR after 100EZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maela Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 We skipped those lessons also. Letters and their sounds were learned more casually and (IMO) a more fun way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 We initially planned on using this and skipped the initial pages. My ds has known the basic sounds for ages. We waited a few months and tried again and again. It just hasn't worked. I still would like to use OPGTR after we finish 100EZ lessons. Anyone have a recommendation for where to begin in OPGTR after 100EZ? After doing 100EZL all my girls started OpGTR after the letter sounds. One kid flew through the book 4 lessons at a time. The others did more typical lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pehp Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 We skipped. And I would not worry about his pronunciation of those letters, as long as he identifies them and generally knows how they are supposed to sound. I agree that all you need to do is model the sounds. We went through the book slowly, but I often skipped things, and never followed the instructions to a T. My son's pronunciation often lagged behind his ability to read and comprehend, and it was not an issue. (Now he's 8.5 and speaks perfectly and is a voracious book consumer.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waa510 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yes, you can skip those lessons. My girls learned their letter sounds from the Leapfrog Letter Factory. We just skipped ahead to the short vowel section and went from there, for both kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanabug Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 My oldest started with lesson 27. My younger one had begun to teach herself to read so we started around lesson 35 or so. Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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