by Tim on November 23, 2008
[Another event so good it requires two posts!]
We celebrate our 200th post with a monumental achievement by the J-Man. Even though we were quite skeptical before, he really IS reading words!!
We pulled out these ‘sight words’ cards we have, which are basically just flash cards with one word per card and nothing else (no pictures, etc. that might give the kid hints). All we did was hold up the cards one at a time and say “What is this?” or “What word is this?” None of that “point to red” or similar kinds of exercises we’ve done before.
And by God, he read them – a lot of them.
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by Mary on November 23, 2008
[Another event so good it requires two posts!]
So this morning, the J-man and I are hanging out downstairs, when he goes into the other room, and brings me a set of flashcards, still in the box. Yes, we have many sets of flashcards! On the front of the box was a representation of one of the cards – it had the word WHITE on it, and a picture of a white horse (yeah, I thought they could have come up with something better too).
J-man shows the box to me, then says, “whhhhhiii.”
Me: um, what?
J-man: “whhhhiii”
Me: thinking – did he just read that word?
I get out the actual flashcards, and they are pretty cool – the word on one side, and the picture on the other. I hold up the RED card.
J-man: “eerrrrr”
Me: that’s right! Red!
I hold up the BLUE card.
J-man: “mmmmmbbbbb” (which is as close to the B sound as he can get)
Me: that’s right! Blue!
I hold up the YELLOW card.
J-man: “yyeeehhh”
Me: that’s right! Yellow!
I hold up the GREEN card.
J-man: “gggeeee”
Me: that’s right! Green!
I pick up the little man, run him upstairs, and wake Tim with the news that his son can well and truly read.
He also knows brown, purple, and pink. I listened to him sound out “so” – sssss ooooo. He can read so many words, and we didn’t know!
My kid is brilliant!
