New ideas for a 3 year old girl...
Aug 16, 2016 19:32:28 GMT 9
Post by Wojtek on Aug 16, 2016 19:32:28 GMT 9
Melissa: Thank you for your reply. Yes I still act as narrator when I am with her. Describing my thoughts, plans, actions, whatever I do she hears that.
At the moment, Lucy has once a week meetings with our friend from the USA, however yes that would be great to find and arrange meetings with peers in the area who have English native speaker parents (I will have to add it to my wish list, however it can be hard...).
With regards to TV, we only have what is on youtube. On our satellite we have Polish versions of English channels. I wanted to get the signal from the UK but would have to install 2 meters satellite dish…
Adam: I know I have a tendency to panic…when things change in the course of time. English books are number 1 in our journey and literally I couldn’t live without them. It is sometimes the problem with getting appropriate items. Lucy needs books that are full of pictures to follow the plot otherwise she gets bored when listening to. That’s why I started to make a show with props, when I grab the book which lacks them. I will also have to get newspapers for kids.
When I was surfing webpages I came across website which offers: Children Learning Reading Program (Children learning reading).
They have a 12 week program that it says will help parents teach their children read in English. They say that even a 2 year old kid can learn to read. It is too expensive for me but as far as I know it all starts with phonemic awareness when child is taught that each word contains individual letters that all make a word. For example, you say: C – A – R (letter sounds) and the child should combine them to make a word – that is a first exercise.
How did you (Adam or other) teach your kids to read? I have always thought that my girl should know all the letters of the alphabet (name and sounds) beforehand to think about reading books. On that page they say that it is not necessary to memorize shapes of them. How is that in English?
My current wish list contains:
- Find peers
- Find new picture books
- Find music for kids
- Teach Lucy to read
- Travel to the UK for holiday. Does anyone have a nice place where we could stay in the UK for a week (three of us) so that Lucy could spend time with friends and play? I thought that maybe it would be possible to send Lucy to UK kindergarten for some activities everyday (for 2, 3 hours)
P.S. Yesterday we had a birthday party for Lucy. After Polish "Sto lat" we all sang "For she's a jolly good fellow" and you know what happened...she was terrified, she was sitting straight to the end of the song, when after all she burst into tears...but only for 5 seconds.
At the moment, Lucy has once a week meetings with our friend from the USA, however yes that would be great to find and arrange meetings with peers in the area who have English native speaker parents (I will have to add it to my wish list, however it can be hard...).
With regards to TV, we only have what is on youtube. On our satellite we have Polish versions of English channels. I wanted to get the signal from the UK but would have to install 2 meters satellite dish…
Adam: I know I have a tendency to panic…when things change in the course of time. English books are number 1 in our journey and literally I couldn’t live without them. It is sometimes the problem with getting appropriate items. Lucy needs books that are full of pictures to follow the plot otherwise she gets bored when listening to. That’s why I started to make a show with props, when I grab the book which lacks them. I will also have to get newspapers for kids.
When I was surfing webpages I came across website which offers: Children Learning Reading Program (Children learning reading).
They have a 12 week program that it says will help parents teach their children read in English. They say that even a 2 year old kid can learn to read. It is too expensive for me but as far as I know it all starts with phonemic awareness when child is taught that each word contains individual letters that all make a word. For example, you say: C – A – R (letter sounds) and the child should combine them to make a word – that is a first exercise.
How did you (Adam or other) teach your kids to read? I have always thought that my girl should know all the letters of the alphabet (name and sounds) beforehand to think about reading books. On that page they say that it is not necessary to memorize shapes of them. How is that in English?
My current wish list contains:
- Find peers
- Find new picture books
- Find music for kids
- Teach Lucy to read
- Travel to the UK for holiday. Does anyone have a nice place where we could stay in the UK for a week (three of us) so that Lucy could spend time with friends and play? I thought that maybe it would be possible to send Lucy to UK kindergarten for some activities everyday (for 2, 3 hours)
P.S. Yesterday we had a birthday party for Lucy. After Polish "Sto lat" we all sang "For she's a jolly good fellow" and you know what happened...she was terrified, she was sitting straight to the end of the song, when after all she burst into tears...but only for 5 seconds.