My oldest son has shown an interest in reading and already knows most of his letter sounds so I have been looking at some phonics programs. Two that really caught my eye were Phonics Pathways and Alphaphonics - any experience with either?
A friend of mine loaned me Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons but I am a little unsure about it. I don't understand how all of the extra symbols aren't confusing for children not to mention when I look at the lessons my eyes begin to cross.
Anyone care to offer insight on this program?
As I mentioned my ds knows most of his letter sounds but he still gets confused with d, p, b and q which I imagine is normal for beginners. A lot of text overwhelms him and he likes to guess the words by looking at the pictures instead of the words which frustrates him. One other thing he does is sometimes when sounding out words he does all the letters - "c" "a" "t", then tries to say the word beginning with the last letter - "tat" instead of "cat".
Basically I think he needs something that isn't really busy with too much text on one page (unless it is easy to cover some with a paper), not a lot of pictures to distract him yet a program that is engaging.
One other question I have is what are some of your opinions about learnig word blends - beggining (ba, bi, bo...) versus the end (word families at, cat, hat...).
Just when I think I'm finished I think of something else, lol. Any other phonics program suggestions are welcome.
Happy Friday!
A friend of mine loaned me Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons but I am a little unsure about it. I don't understand how all of the extra symbols aren't confusing for children not to mention when I look at the lessons my eyes begin to cross.
Anyone care to offer insight on this program?As I mentioned my ds knows most of his letter sounds but he still gets confused with d, p, b and q which I imagine is normal for beginners. A lot of text overwhelms him and he likes to guess the words by looking at the pictures instead of the words which frustrates him. One other thing he does is sometimes when sounding out words he does all the letters - "c" "a" "t", then tries to say the word beginning with the last letter - "tat" instead of "cat".
Basically I think he needs something that isn't really busy with too much text on one page (unless it is easy to cover some with a paper), not a lot of pictures to distract him yet a program that is engaging.
One other question I have is what are some of your opinions about learnig word blends - beggining (ba, bi, bo...) versus the end (word families at, cat, hat...).
Just when I think I'm finished I think of something else, lol. Any other phonics program suggestions are welcome.
Happy Friday!
). He loves putting a sticker on the chart and getting to the next "real book". For my 6 yr old we are using McRuffy LA, I love that it is a full LA program, it is colorful, has games, puppets, sliders, readers. It covers, phonics, spelling, and LA activities. It would however totally be over kill for my four yr old at the moment.
