?? for Hahamommy (and anyone else who would know)

[lilyka]

You said something somewhere about loosing teeth and reading readyness going hand and hand. Tell me more !

Madeline has been able to read for a while but really plateaued (yeah, I know that can't be spelled right) all of a sudden she has been reading everything. No word is too challenging. Two days ago we noticed she has two loose teeth (finally - she was beginning to think it would never happen). Coinsedence or not ?

Sandra

Ps How was Christmas Are you in town?

[heartmama]

I know that in Waldorf circles the losing of the first tooth is a huge deal. There is a lot of thinking regarding this as a sign of the child "coming into their own" in a spiritual/body sense, ie. becoming more grounded in the physical sense.

Waldorf does not introduce reading until around second grade, about the time most children have lost a tooth, or two.

Personally, I know too many 3 and 4 year olds who read fluently without any pressure from the parents to think the tooth thing is accurate in every case. I think reading is very much connected to good eye control and neurological maturity. Some children do everything early--walk, talk, and read while others do not, and I think this is mostly do to their own neurological development, and not a sign of spiritual or psychological growth.

Just me 2c

Heartmama

[hahamommy]

Hey chick! Yep it's the Waldorf concept. There was a thread about it before ~ the moms who responded first called BS on me, then looked back and realized that when the sound blending and excitement about independent reading *really* came at tooth loosing time Is it 100% accurate? heck no! nothing about kids ever is! But it sure is a good gauge. Hannah is sooooo bummed, no loose teeth yet! But, she does have a natural desire to figure things out and the desire for reading is developing on its own and I'm so proud! It's nice, too, because she knows the *pressure's off* as long as she has all her teeth ~ as soon as one wiggles Hayden will be following her around waiting for her to read!! :LOL

~diana ag

Edited to add: check out Waldorf for Homeschoolers It's got lots of info on the *whys* behind waiting to read til 7. There's also a great quote that describes Einstein not reading nor writing til 14 ~ he was too busy doing other things.

[lilyka]

She lost her tooth last night COuldn't find the box she left it in and woke up this morning thinking the tooth fairy stiffed her. poor girl, she was so sad. In the mean time I was trying to tell her where to find her treat without actng like I had some sort of part in it. I htought Hannah had lost a tooth already. Herck that was half our crisis :LOL . Oh well, thanks for the info. By the way, I ;eft the house for the first time in 3 weeks last night and right as I walke dthrough the doors of target my phone rings and it is Madeline teling me she lost her tooth. I leave the house for 10 freaking minutes and I miss it :