Chloe has been learning her letter sounds at a phenomenal rate! I let her watch the Leapfrog Letter Factory dvd every other day (we are continually renewing it from the library so we always have it). I usually get tired of a dvd after viewing it a few times but Letter Factory is surprisingly cute and un-annoying.Now that she knows most of her letter sounds we've been applying the sounds to words. It's amazing to me how quickly she's been able to associate the letter sound with the beginning word sound. She even jokes with her newfound knowledge. She'll say to me, "Buh buh buh . . . tree!" and then giggle. What a character.
What's incredible to me is seeing how quickly she's soaking up these new concepts. Her letter loving brain is a thirsty sponge! Letters, words, writing, drawing, and books are definitely her fortitude. (That said I realize we need to work on other skills so she doesn't become a total bookworm. She doesn't throw balls very far and closes her eyes when we play catch. Hope she doesn't take after me in athletics!)
She takes after her mommy in the letter arena. According to my mom I was reading at age 3. I have a particularly strong memory from when I was learning to read. I remember my mom had written the word this repeatedly on a page. I stared at the word this and said it over and over again until I knew it by sight. No phonics for me; I did everything by memorizing.
Maybe that's why I like the Letter Factory dvd so much . . . I'm learning phonics right along with Chloe! Fascinating stuff. Though I'm afraid it's going to get more complicated than just simple consonant sounds soon.
I captured Chloe singing her letter songs on the piano yesterday. Too cute! (Forgive the ragamuffin hairdo.)
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5 comments:
That is awesome that Chloe is learning at such a great speed! Isn't it fun to watch our kids learn new stuff??? Victoria absorbs things like I can't believe. She loves to read...she is constantly sounding stuff out!!! Logan on the other hand could care less. He may be the one that I have to push. ;)
Very cute - so great that she is desiring to learn - I had trouble w/ my first, but the others are picking it up much faster since they want to do what big brother is doing ;o) And, learning the phonics will be such a great foundation for her - so fun! She definately has her mommy's brain . . . but I'm right w/ you on the athletics ;o)
SUPER cute video! Way to go, Chloe!!
That video was adorable, she really is a little smartie!
My oldest daughter is in kindergarten and loves writing, making cards and drawing pictures for people. Adam excels at tearing things apart, like thermostats and flashlight, down to the tiniest wires he can find. I guess that's just a boy, you wait and see!
Michael excels at negotiating! We are working on this though.:) I think that we have a future car salesman, politician or manager on our hands - yikes!
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