Quick Phonics Question

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Catherine
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Quick Phonics Question

Post by Catherine » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:44 pm

Hi Ladies!

My 4 year old is very interested in learning how to read and has begun to sound out CVC words. I don't plan to begin LHFHG until September of 2011 when she's 5.5. If I go through The Reading Lesson with her now, what should I do about phonics when we get to LHFHG? Assuming she'll be reading by that point, would I just work on spelling like in Beyond?

Thanks for any input! :)

Catherine
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my3sons
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Re: Quick Phonics Question

Post by my3sons » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:05 pm

One of my ds's finished his phonics in the middle of LHFHG. We just got the Beyond manual and started the Emerging Reader's Set a little early. Instead of just doing 1 of the Bibles (there is a Bible choice for the start of the Emerging Reader's Set), we did both of them. This made the Emerging Readers' Set last a few months longer. We especially loved the comprehension questions written for the set in the Beyond manual. They did a lot to prepare my ds for DITHOR. So after finishing the Emerging Reader's Set, we just slowly began DITHOR 2/3, even though at that point we were in the Beyond manual. It's worked wonderfully well! :) How exciting your little one is getting into learning to read already! :D

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Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
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