Yesterday DD read her first book all by herself. ( Preschool Prep Company Sight Word Reader)!
It felt so great to be able to witness that. I feel like it is a major breakthrough for us!
Just a couple of weeks ago I was trying without any luck to show and to explain to my DD the way that she needs to read a book: start from the title, read page by page without skipping any, word by word, line by line, from left to right! and yesterday she read a book following some of the rules!
Today in the morning she read 3 more books to me (Preschool Prep Company Sight Word Readers) : effortlessly and really enjoying a process! She was so happy to be reading a book to her Mommy! Just the day before she was "reading" a book fully concentrating on the pictures only and not paying attention to the words. She was or making up her own story, matching it to the picture in the book or she was reciting by memory the books that we read to her. Even today if she didn't know the word ,she was not trying to decode it using Phonics ( she already knows her letter sounds, digraphs and blends ), she was just trying to guess it by context and picture.
I know that it is just the beginning and there are so much more that she needs to learn, but I feel like now we have a solid structure to build up her reading skill on.
For now my DD just mastered sight reading. She did not crack the phonics code yet. But I am sure she will do it soon!
Which programs did we use that helped us to get to this point?
1. Little Reader Software. I did 1 year curriculum with DD .
The LR software is an amazing tool in teaching a child!
You can click here to download a free 14 days trial of Little Reader Software here (no credit card or future billing required)
2. Preschool Prep Company "Meet the Sight Words'' and "Meet the Phonics series"
3. Reading Bear Program.
So what i will be doing this week to help my daughter to advance in her reading:
1. Practice reading using books:
a. Preschool Prep Company readers ( making sure she learns all the new words in those books)
b. I will start using "I see Sam " readers and flashcards.
2. Watch LR categories to review the words.
3. Reading Bear program.
4. Preschool Prep Flashcards and "Meet the Phonics DVDs" review.
5. Your Child Can Read DVDs
Baby A.'s Reading Program:
We do LR lessons, which he loves. Plus he is being exposed to many things that I do with his sister.
We also do TweedleWink Program.
I used to show a lesson a day for 3 days to them.
Now we are doing a lesson 2 times a day for a day.
I want to go fast through all 48 lessons and then to start over again.
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