For example: The other day, Alex picked up a copy of Fox in Socks and said the title. (She knows that book well - she's probably heard it a few hundred times.)
"What does 'fox' start with?" I asked her.
She looked down at the book. "F!"
"How do you spell 'fox?'"
Again she looked at the book. "F-O-X!"
When parents ask their children questions like this, and encourage and praise and value and get excited about letters and books every day like you and Alex do, flashcards and phonics programs are really not needed for stimulating the desire to learn and read. You are involving Alex in a whole language, literature-based reading approach, and teaching her that books and reading are of value. Your reading, and related activities and instruction are working just fine, and go far beyond just reading books to your daughter! (Of course, there is nothing inherently evil about flashcards and phonics programs, just in the way that some folks choose to use them.)
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Date: 2007-04-02 01:22 pm (UTC)"What does 'fox' start with?" I asked her.
She looked down at the book. "F!"
"How do you spell 'fox?'"
Again she looked at the book. "F-O-X!"
When parents ask their children questions like this, and encourage and praise and value and get excited about letters and books every day like you and Alex do, flashcards and phonics programs are really not needed for stimulating the desire to learn and read. You are involving Alex in a whole language, literature-based reading approach, and teaching her that books and reading are of value. Your reading, and related activities and instruction are working just fine, and go far beyond just reading books to your daughter! (Of course, there is nothing inherently evil about flashcards and phonics programs, just in the way that some folks choose to use them.)