Then I just help them as the the books get harder and harder. I am sure they could read those sooner, but I am already skipping around in the other sections so I just deal with it. Then we start going sequentially through the "more phonics" section. Two of my kids really welcomed the break when we moved on and started with the "short vowel pals." Then I go back and do the rest of the lessons in "Backpack Bear's books." By the time we get through those, my kids start hitting the wall where they fight me more about doing preschool and they get tired because it has become work. I have tried this without spending some time on the sight words and it is too big a jump from word machines to reading these lessons. Then we can go back to the "learn to read section" because now that my kid has some sight words down, he'll be ready for the first five lessons there. Sometimes depending how he is progressing we take an easy day and go back to word machines or to the first few books in unit one of "more phonics". One of my kids flew through that whole section. I focus on teaching them that some words can be sounded out and that you have to memorize other words. Here he will learn some sight words that he will need. Later, they race the machine to read the word before the picture comes down the pipe.Īs soon as I can see my child is getting the hang of blending the sounds then I take him to the first 5 of Backpack Bear's books. In the beginning I sit with the child, with the volume turned off and with my hand over the picture of the word, and I work with my child to sound out the word. Then at some point the light switch will go off and the child will be ready for blending sounds. The I let him play on the activities after we are done. I put him on my lap and try to make it fun.
I have learned that it won't do any good to move more quickly than the child is ready for so until you see the signs that your child is ready, you just keep playing in the ABC section.
They next day I review what we have already learned and then we do a few more. I sit with the child and make sure that we learn a letter or two before I let him have free play. Then depending on my child's readiness we have started the ABC section as early as a late 2 or as late as 4 years old. I think an avatar working his way through a reading map and suggesting a logical progression would be very useful*****įirst I get my children used to "doing preschool" by learning the colors at about 2-3 years old. *******I do wish the site was organized differently to help me know how and when to skip around. I have been very pleased with Starfall, but it took me a little while to decide/learn the order to present the materials. Most of my review is my explaining what has worked best for me to organize our journey through the material. The organization of the material is still confusing for me even after I have used Starfall off and on for about 8 years now.
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