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Watching Emmett learn to read reminds me a lot of when he was learning to speak. With talking, he picked up words slowly at first, and then the vocabulary exploded (this is normal language development). With reading, he's been sounding out short words for a long time. I noticed a few weeks ago that he knew some words by sight (the, of, do, in, and - words like that). As little as a week ago, if he sounded out a word and came across it again, even on the same page, he'd sound it out again.
Just a couple of days ago, though, he figured out "analogous" words. I told him the sound that "ight" makes, and he was able to read Dwight, light, sight, might, etc. He now typically sounds out a word once on a page (or once in a short book). Today, he read half of "Go, Dog. Go!" stopping only because David arrived with lunch. I've seen Emmett trying to read various things on his own (instructions, labels on the washing machine, of course books). He seems to know that he can figure lots of things out on his own with his new skill.
I've also overheard Emmett trying to figure out how to spell words by sounding them out. Which leads to lots of "well, in this word 'c' makes an 'sss' sound." Who decided how spelling works in English, anyway?
Just a couple of days ago, though, he figured out "analogous" words. I told him the sound that "ight" makes, and he was able to read Dwight, light, sight, might, etc. He now typically sounds out a word once on a page (or once in a short book). Today, he read half of "Go, Dog. Go!" stopping only because David arrived with lunch. I've seen Emmett trying to read various things on his own (instructions, labels on the washing machine, of course books). He seems to know that he can figure lots of things out on his own with his new skill.
I've also overheard Emmett trying to figure out how to spell words by sounding them out. Which leads to lots of "well, in this word 'c' makes an 'sss' sound." Who decided how spelling works in English, anyway?
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