May 31, 2007

Reading is FUNdamental

Reading is coming along very well. I think she got past the decoding hump and is pretty much able to read. Need to work through a few more basic short vowel sounds and then move on to long vowels, blends, diphthongs, etc. I went to the library and picked up a dozen or so easy readers for her. We read all the ones pictured above, one right after another.

I'd say she averaged about 90% of all the words without too much help. Those she didn't know were multi-syllabic or had long vowel sounds, silent letters, etc. Some she remembered do to repetition, some just were too much. But she puzzled her way through many of them and that's the key, as far as I'm concerned. When I told her to go to sleep last night, she said, "Yup! Cuz I have reading to do tomorrow!"

Consequently, not too much to report on the knitting front. I have about 8 more heel decreasing rounds to do. click--> Renate asked what kind of yarn I'm using: click--> KnitPicks Essentials Tweed; Flint. Did a couple rows on my log cabin scrapghan, too, while catching up on TV last night.

And we've completed day three of no TV during the day!

I'm gonna have to break down and order this sock yarn. It knits up so nicely with subtle color changes....

Not much else on the net today.... just another blog contest.