My son is coming along very well with his reading. It's rather cute to hear him walk around the house sounding out words as he thinks of them.
On Thursday, I was going through his very first reader that comes with the curriculum that I use. The first page had some three letter words as well as the illustration associated with the word. As he sounded out the first word, cap, I began to wonder whether he was really reading the word or whether he had figured out the word because of the picture. However, because he painstakingly sounded out the word, I became convinced that he was really reading the word.
He read his first eight words, flawlessly sounding out the word first. Until we came to this word, illustrated with the picture below:
On Thursday, I was going through his very first reader that comes with the curriculum that I use. The first page had some three letter words as well as the illustration associated with the word. As he sounded out the first word, cap, I began to wonder whether he was really reading the word or whether he had figured out the word because of the picture. However, because he painstakingly sounded out the word, I became convinced that he was really reading the word.
He read his first eight words, flawlessly sounding out the word first. Until we came to this word, illustrated with the picture below:
The word he was to sound out was "wet". He carefully studied the word and the picture, and then removed any doubt as to whether he was really reading the words prior. This is the word he very slowly sounded out:
S - I - N - K
The little cheat! He even carefully sounded each letter out without having learned the "nk" blend yet!
He went on to read very well after that (while I covered up all the pictures). Still, this boy of mine is so slick I doubt I'll ever be able to relax.
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He is a "s-t-i-n-k-e-r" and I love him! Good thing he isn't in public school as he would con or charm someone into doing his homework for him!
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