ml captive reading and homework for pre-schoolers
Feb 12, 2017 23:31:38 GMT 9
Post by Amy on Feb 12, 2017 23:31:38 GMT 9
Hi fellow keepers
I thought I might share with you what I have been up to lately with my attempts at ml2 captive reading with my 4 year old, as the results are interesting and could give ideas to parents who share the same interest.
Further to my comments in this thread, I decided to try and make use of captive reading with my daughter who already knows her alphabet and recognises 24/26 of the letters (thank you school report for the stats!
), but has not yet started to learn to read.
I printed single 3-letter words in a huge font size and in black on a white sheet of paper, with no picture, so as to maximise the visual impact on the brain. To find inspiration, I searched for a 3-letter ml2 word scrabble dictionary and picked a selection of words.
The first one I hung in our loo (as per Adam's Challenge #4: Make Use of Captive Reading!
) was "box". I was disappointed not to hear my daughter call out at her discovery but when she left the loo and I asked her what letters she saw there, I was stunned to hear her spell out every letter in the right order! Since then, I systematically ask her and take her back to look at the word and teach her to read it out loud. This technique seems to have quite a good impact as she remembers the word's spelling well. I leave the word up for about 2 days and then put up another one.
To build onto this positive captive reading experience, I have started a little weekend homework with my daughter (as per this post, though I can't yet implement a daily homework routine
). She was rather over-excited as it is extremely cold today and we can't take her out much. So to calm her down I sat her at our table and introduced her to a phonics book I got online by the famous children's book author Julia Donaldson.
I can tell my daughter finds it a bit difficult but step by step it could help her to develop her ml reading and improve her pronunciation (she tends to speak too fast, mispronouncing certain complex sounds in the process).
Let's see how it goes in the long run.
If any of you are doing something like this with their pre-schooler, I'd be delighted to hear your tips and suggestions.

I thought I might share with you what I have been up to lately with my attempts at ml2 captive reading with my 4 year old, as the results are interesting and could give ideas to parents who share the same interest.
Further to my comments in this thread, I decided to try and make use of captive reading with my daughter who already knows her alphabet and recognises 24/26 of the letters (thank you school report for the stats!

I printed single 3-letter words in a huge font size and in black on a white sheet of paper, with no picture, so as to maximise the visual impact on the brain. To find inspiration, I searched for a 3-letter ml2 word scrabble dictionary and picked a selection of words.
The first one I hung in our loo (as per Adam's Challenge #4: Make Use of Captive Reading!

To build onto this positive captive reading experience, I have started a little weekend homework with my daughter (as per this post, though I can't yet implement a daily homework routine

I can tell my daughter finds it a bit difficult but step by step it could help her to develop her ml reading and improve her pronunciation (she tends to speak too fast, mispronouncing certain complex sounds in the process).
Let's see how it goes in the long run.
If any of you are doing something like this with their pre-schooler, I'd be delighted to hear your tips and suggestions.
