Montessori Phonics - Introduction To Single Letter Sounds

[buds]

sunset_dae:

Hey Buds


Where u get the alphabet sandpaper? DIY??

Bought together with centre's bulk order last time.
I promise to put up the DIY sandpaper thread soon.
Don't waste money. Easy to make on your own. And
definitely much cheaper.

[autumnbronze]

Hey Buds,


Greetings from an island resort off Thailand

Been here SEVEN days today

Anyway, I FINALLY managed to find time to reply, hence the delay. And apologies, just have to type 'freehand' w/o the quotes cuz gotta go soon. DH is watching over DS.

Thanks for your advice. I will keep in mind that sight words and phonics can go hand in hand. I will also take up your suggestion on including MIL in the 'presentation' of my lesson if she shows an interest.

Yes, you are right when you mentioned that its gd that MIL reads to him, at least she is doing something enriching and productive. Because I do not let DS watch TV, I only let him watch a few shows that he likes, that too, not everyday, hence, this is one less headache. As my DH would always put it, one must always look at the positive side to things :lol:

BTW, I did not bring any teaching materials at the end of the day. Just the usual puzzles, snap etc... DS has been having the 4 'S' for the past week ie sun, sand, sea and smiles

If and when I do start on really teaching him phonics, I will most certainly update you. Really, for DS, everyday is a learning experience/adventure. He nows likes to read the letters and amt on the cash receipts and I play along by asking him how much we have to pay etc..

In fact, when I get back, will share on how I made use of some leftover materials I had from my teaching days and adapted from your idea of the sandpaper alphabets. Not very professionally done, and it may even be a sore sight for some, but what the heck, I am proud of it. Only problem is, am not IT savvy (really!, used to get IT guys to help me when teaching), need to find out how to upload image.

Okie, gotta go now, DH already here. Did I mentioned that we are due to fly back today??

Many thanks, buds!

[autumnbronze]

wildboys:

Hi autumnbronze,


Although you are not seeking comments from me, I just would like to share my experience in teaching my kids to read, hope you don't mind my \"kaypo-ness\" We read alot since very young, and we didn't start with phonics at all. In fact, we started with flashcards and making up story cards that have stories related to them. You can say it's mainly by repetition and learning of sight words. They can recognise quite a number of common words (some are short ones like \"ant\" and long ones like \"butterfly\" and many sight words like \"I am a xxx\" \"This is a xxx\" etc) before 2yo. When they are about 2years old, we started on phonics but in a casual manner but with their exposure to literacy since young, it catches on them very fast and my elder child can read (as in blend and decode new words himself and not by memory) very well before 3yo. My younger child is not 2.5yo yet so still working on it After we started on phonics, we still do lots of reading together and learning other sight words. What I meant is, I believe that both whole-word recognition and phonics work hand-in-hand (in fact I'm more of a whole-word method for younger kids and phonics as they progress). I believe many English words cannot be decoded phonetically (correct me if I'm wrong) like \"one\". I don't think your child will be confused (btw not sure how old is he?), you can continue with your phonics method and your MIL can continue her \"general\" reading sessions with him (which I agree with Buds, not many grandmas can do that!!!). JIMHO

Thank you, wildboys for sharing. I do appreciate your input too. My son is 27 mths now. And yes, as mentioned to Buds, will keep both your advice/suggestion abt the sight words and phonics going hand in hand in mind and strive to work together with my MIL in this.

BTW, any kiasu member of this forum who claims not to be a kaypo is a ..... LIAR

I am one too :lol: ... a kaypo I mean :lol: again ...

[buds]

Heyya autumnbronze, yeah... Phuket is a very relaxing place to be.

My girls remember their trip there till today. They had the best kids
club to date there @ Ramada Resort Karon. Aniwaes, with regards
to the uploading of image, i have it here for another parent in
another thread... here's the link > http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3187&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

I had loads of fun playing cashier with my DDs with a cash register
i bought... complete with speaker, groceries, basket and pretend $.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2679&highlight=learning+play can be really fun and engaging and if one
knows how to put all that fun play into actual learning experiences,
the children can really learn a lot on concepts and a lot of vocabulary.

[autumnbronze]

Hey Buds,


Thx for the link on how to upload the image. And I just love the ideas in the Learning through Play link, v v cool

[buds]

You're very very welcome too!

Ooh, btw..... welcome back to reality. :lol:

[autumnbronze]

Awwww... Buds,


quit 'rubbing salt into my wounds' will ya!!

[buds]

Where got salt?

In fact, no wound even..
You were the one who went
for the holiday, no? So it shud
be true when i say we are the ones
wounded, from not getting to go chillax!

[autumnbronze]

buds:

Where got salt?

In fact, no wound even..
You were the one who went
for the holiday, no? So it shud
be true when i say we are the ones
wounded, from not getting to go chillax!

Ouch Buds :lol:

Touche :salute:

p.s just didn't want to be jolted out of my 'blurry, go with the flow' mood.

Sigh!! Back to reality it is then

[buds]

Yup, you will be blur for awhile.. that i agree.

Having gotten used to waking up with a feast
of a breakfast buffet, it is soooo hard to now
wake up and DIY!

And waking up to humidity, no beach, all high
rise skyscrapers and no housekeeping... wah
lao! Cannot take it man!

Now... that's rubbing in sista! :lol: