tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post113656777160071842..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: 100 Easy Lessons -- Lesson 4Darwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1137021066688082032006-01-11T18:11:00.000-05:002006-01-11T18:11:00.000-05:00About the putting sounds together:This is apparent...About the putting sounds together:<BR/><BR/>This is apparently a developmental skill --- a child isn't capable of it until she reaches a certain level of neurological maturity. So if she doesn't "get it" for a while, just be patient. It may literally be "unteachable" until she is a little older.<BR/><BR/>The term we used to explain it to my son, which worked pretty well, was "slide." "Slide the /a/ into the /m/" or "Slide the /a/ /m/ together to get /am./"<BR/><BR/>I recommend the work of Diane McGuinness for an idea of the state of reading research today.bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136868489714922792006-01-09T23:48:00.000-05:002006-01-09T23:48:00.000-05:00Thanks - I got a copy from the library today and I...Thanks - I got a copy from the library today and I'm going to read through the beginning tonight. (that is, if I can tear myself away from my computer!) I started looking through it a bit in the library and I like how much help they give the instructor. Perhaps I'll give it a go with my daughter tomorrow morning.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136604359275650762006-01-06T22:25:00.000-05:002006-01-06T22:25:00.000-05:00I used the Bob Books with my boys and they loved t...I used the Bob Books with my boys and they loved them...sort of silly sometimes which appeals to little minds. They are the first books both of my boys read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136603834171940212006-01-06T22:17:00.000-05:002006-01-06T22:17:00.000-05:00Amber--Noogs knows her alphabet fairly well and ca...Amber--<BR/><BR/>Noogs knows her alphabet fairly well and can identify all the letters, but I don't think it's necessary to know your letters beforehand with this book because it's focused on teaching the sounds that the letters make. So instead of learning that the letter is "m", the young scholar learns that the sound that symbol makes is "mmm". The first four sounds are m, s, a (as in "as"), and e (as in "me"). We learn "e" tomorrow!<BR/><BR/>Due to Mommy's careful coaching during reading time, Noogs already knows that "A" and "I" are words as well as letters, so we don't seem to be having any confusion on that front when reading stories together. I'm taking the obnoxious tack of making her sound out the one or two words that she knows when when we come to them in books: as, a, I, sam. We haven't had any confusion with the stand-alone "a" vs. the "aaa" sound in words.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and in the comment above, that should be "100 Easy Lessons", not "1900 Easy Lessons". (After the first 500 lessons, you'd think they would start getting harder.)mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136603301996971842006-01-06T22:08:00.000-05:002006-01-06T22:08:00.000-05:00Rhonda --I had never heard of the Bob books, but i...Rhonda --<BR/><BR/>I had never heard of the Bob books, but in the Amazon reviews for 1900 Easy Lessons, several readers mentioned that they had used them. I'm kind of curious, and may check the library for them. I remember that my mom used the Faith and Freedom readers for my younger siblings, but their main attraction (if you want to call it that) is their unremitting Catholicism. My siblings found them very dull, as I recall.<BR/><BR/>And I threw in a book on Trappist ales for Darwin to bring my shipping up to the Super Saver point, which is silly because I was using a gift certificate anyway. But the shipping is FREE!mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136601720189122832006-01-06T21:42:00.000-05:002006-01-06T21:42:00.000-05:00I have this book on request from the library now. ...I have this book on request from the library now. I'm looking forward to taking a look at it. <BR/><BR/>How well does your daughter know her alphabet? Is it necessary to know the whole thing both verbally and on sight in order to start the lessons, or is learning that included in the course of the lessons?Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1136599733029845842006-01-06T21:08:00.000-05:002006-01-06T21:08:00.000-05:00I'm going to order that book. Have you read the "...I'm going to order that book. Have you read the "Bob Books"? If so, what do you think?<BR/>I can get "Free Shipping" if I order something else (I'm such a sucker) and they've kindly suggested Level A of "Bob Books". <BR/>The cost of shipping is probably less than buying another book. But another book is better than paying shipping, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com