Comments on: Lazy Mom's Guide to Teaching Phonics without Electronics :: Summer Learning

By: Dani Rren

Dani Rren — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:44:09 +0000

I have always read to my kids and this year I am planning to home school my youngest son and my biggest goal is to have him reading by the time he should start kindergarten next year. This program seems to be in line with helping us reach this goal. Thank you so much for making it known. I came across educationalfun.info.which I think is an amazing reading program that will hopefully help my son as well.

Regards
Dani Rren

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 13:37:07 +0000

In reply to PragmaticMom. Ha! You make me laugh! Moms always have a knack for feeling bad they are not doing enough - or in this case, doing too much. lol

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:41:58 +0000

LOVE your "lazy" ideas. They are really fun and my kids would have loved them. Too bad they can read already! I feel liked they totally missed out on the silly wrong word reading. Did you realize your lazy post is making me feel badly about myself? Clearly I wasn't lazy enough! LOL!

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:27:05 +0000

In reply to Kelly at Little Wonders' Days. I remember a relative saying to me that "the older ones are always smarter because moms spend more time with them"! I'll be spending more 1 on 1 time with my 4 year old this summer while his brother is at camp so hopefully I can even the score!

By: Kelly at Little Wonders' Days

Kelly at Little Wonders' Days — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:07 +0000

These are such fun ideas! My kids would think it was so funny if I messed up words while reading. My youngest two are starting kindergarten this fall too, but aren't quite reading yet either. My oldest, like your oldest was reading chapter books by kindergarten. Maybe we had more time to work with them? I still see them eager to read books with me and love it, so I'm still hopeful that they will be avid readers.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:44:12 +0000

I can't believe New Kid is entering K. Time does fly!

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:12:42 +0000

In reply to Judie. Oh, that sounds like great fun, Judie!

By: Judie

Judie — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:53 +0000

Thanks for these fab ideas. I love the frozen word hunt. I will definitely try that one.
Our favourite phonics game is "running reading". I write the letters on cards and place them in the hallway. My son then runs to get the first one, brings it back and says the sound, then runs for the next one. I think they are called shuttle runs in PE class! At the end we always have a prize (usually a toy he loves already, nothing new or expensive.) He loves the race element of it. It is easy to extend using sight words or using the letters for one word that they have to puzzle out at the end.