Little La, who is now 4, has renewed energy & determination to read. We started her in the early fall. First watching the LeapFrog Talking Letters Factory. This was partly a selfish act so I could have 30-40 minutes dedicated to AMP for math or spelling without interruption.
By November she wanted to try with Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons (TYCTR). She struggled with sitting still & focusing for a whole lesson. Yes, the lessons are easy, but they are BORING. We often skipped days & repeated lessons. I could tell La wasn't quite ready.
In the early spring, we opened up TYCTR again. She remembered most everything!! I suppose it wasn't much - just a few letter sounds & playing the rhyme game. We made it through lesson 10 & into lesson 11 before our crazy, busy months of April & May began. She was doing fabulous.
This recent interest is inspired by J & AMP taking turns reading One Fish, Two Fish to the twins. After reading a few pages, I heard La enthusiastically say, "Oh, I want to read a page too!" J was thrilled & said she sure could! Unfortunately, La replied, "I can't read . . . "
So with renewed zeal, we shall start up again! On to the R sound!
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