RE: why can't ---- read???
BY: Donna Ransdell to Ruth Leblanc on Thu May 16 1996 07:06:01
 > She learned both ways. Some words she knew because she'd ask when I was 
read
 > aloud..."osmosis", for lack of any better word. :)  Those words were 
mostly 
 > the "gotta learn 'em by sight" type. Her first word read was the word 
y".
My 5 year old's first word was "cat". :) She's learned a few words the same 
a
y. Also, she learns a few other site words by spelling them. We have a
program, School Mom, that my older girls use as one of the ways to practice
spelling words. Teresa saw this and wanted a list of her own. I gave her a
simple list with her name, family members' names, and words like "mom" and
"dad". It works...she now knows those words quite well on site.
Also, I create "bat" files to get to favorite games using simple words as
file names. For example, the lion king game can be accessed by typing
"lionking". Now she knows those two words. Also "math", "aclock" (tried to
use just "clock", and it would key a program for the computer's clock!), ect.
You could even try changing the bat file names to match the new words you
want to teach. It's kinda sneaky, but if it works.... :)
                              ...peace...
                              Alinda Sue...
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