Comments on: A Journey To Reading http://heartofthematteronline.com/a-journey-to-reading Information Portal and Digital Magazine Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: bELINDA http://heartofthematteronline.com/a-journey-to-reading/comment-page-1#comment-36632 bELINDA Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:51:48 +0000 http://heartofthematteronline.com/?p=15749#comment-36632 HELLLO IT IS THE BULLARD FAMILY WE JUST WANTED TO SAY HI AND HELLO BYE AND PLEASE TYPE TO US VERY SOON NOW BYE (That was my six-year-old, who enjoyed your article!) She began reading at 4, and sounds like your oldest. Hopefully, she will continue to stay with it. My older two were in private school, and someone else taught them to read. I was so nervous about this one, and your article would have served me well a couple of years ago. Thanks for sharing! .-= bELINDA´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bbullard/741396/" rel="nofollow">Weekly Homeschool Report--November 1, 2009</a> =-. HELLLO IT IS THE BULLARD FAMILY WE JUST WANTED TO SAY HI AND HELLO BYE AND PLEASE TYPE TO US VERY SOON NOW BYE (That was my six-year-old, who enjoyed your article!) She began reading at 4, and sounds like your oldest. Hopefully, she will continue to stay with it. My older two were in private school, and someone else taught them to read. I was so nervous about this one, and your article would have served me well a couple of years ago. Thanks for sharing!
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]]> By: Christin http://heartofthematteronline.com/a-journey-to-reading/comment-page-1#comment-36557 Christin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:57:48 +0000 http://heartofthematteronline.com/?p=15749#comment-36557 Thank you for that encouragement. I think the best thing we as parents can do is just encourage our children that learning and reading are fun, and more or less let them come to us when they're ready. I remember trying to sit my then 3 year old son down with "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" and he only went through the first few lessons with me before he was completely bored of it. No offense, though the idea is a great one, it is a little boring! I prefer to keep it fun with things like file folder games or word games, etc. That's the kinds of things my (now) 4 year old son is attracted to and it makes learning fun for him. I also think for some children it's good to mix things up every now and then. Some just get bored doing the same thing. Let's face it, there are a lot of phonics to learn and to do it the same way every time can get mundane for some. On the flip side, some kids LOVE and THRIVE on that type of predictability. I think the key is to just listen to your child and their needs, which is exactly what you've stated here. :) Thank you for sharing! .-= Christin´s last blog ..<a href="http://christin-journeyofdiscovery.blogspot.com/2009/10/home-school-journal.html" rel="nofollow">Home School Journal</a> =-. Thank you for that encouragement. I think the best thing we as parents can do is just encourage our children that learning and reading are fun, and more or less let them come to us when they’re ready.
I remember trying to sit my then 3 year old son down with “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” and he only went through the first few lessons with me before he was completely bored of it. No offense, though the idea is a great one, it is a little boring! I prefer to keep it fun with things like file folder games or word games, etc. That’s the kinds of things my (now) 4 year old son is attracted to and it makes learning fun for him.

I also think for some children it’s good to mix things up every now and then. Some just get bored doing the same thing. Let’s face it, there are a lot of phonics to learn and to do it the same way every time can get mundane for some. On the flip side, some kids LOVE and THRIVE on that type of predictability. I think the key is to just listen to your child and their needs, which is exactly what you’ve stated here. :) Thank you for sharing!
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]]> By: Misty (elvisgirl) http://heartofthematteronline.com/a-journey-to-reading/comment-page-1#comment-36538 Misty (elvisgirl) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:01:49 +0000 http://heartofthematteronline.com/?p=15749#comment-36538 Thanks so much for sharing your story! Reading is one of those things that so many of us stress about. I wish I could go back and do things over again with my first child, too. .-= Misty (elvisgirl)´s last blog ..<a href="http://thebasicsoflife-elvisgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-you-get-sock-monkey.html" rel="nofollow">Why you get a Sock Monkey</a> =-. Thanks so much for sharing your story! Reading is one of those things that so many of us stress about. I wish I could go back and do things over again with my first child, too.
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