> Quoting Karen Long to Dan Triplett <=-
 KL> on, so she can practice her math and writing in her room...her and I
 KL> play school on the weekends, although she likes being the
 KL> teacher...which is fine because at least that way, she has to read her
 KL> words correctly to give them to me to spell!, she has various sets of
 KL> phonics flash cards, addition and subtraction flash cards, BroderBund
 KL> computer books, create sentence books (Whinnie the Pooh), alphabet
 KL> games, matching games, letter and number games, and she loves it when I
 KL> give her sentences to write! She also has the eraseable marker large
 KL> cards for numbers groups, number writing and tracing, as well as
 KL> letters.  We play number count games a lot of times when we eat
 KL> dinner... i.e.  How many carrots are on your plate... What items on the
 KL> table start with the letter F, and how many are there... etc.  What
 KL> more can we do????
Sounds to me like you are already doing quite a bit. You say that your
daughter is 7 years old? If I may be so bold as to inquire, could you answer
a few questions?
Does she recognize all the alphabet letters?
Can she sound the basic, or first sound of each? (the short sounds of
the vowels, and the most common sounds of the consonants)
Can she put together three letter words, such as cat, dog, bus?
Can she read these easily when she sees them?
Does she quickly recognize small sight words such as / a/, / the/ ,
/ why /, / and/, etc.?
Does she understand that vowels can have more than one sound?
Does she seem to be able to tell when to sound a vowel with its long
sound in a word when she is reading?
Does she understand the general rule about vowels, that if there is
one vowel in a word it is usually short, and if there are two, the
first is usually long?
Does she recognize the numerals from one to one hundred?
Is she able to count to one hundred, or beyond?
Does she understand the value of a given number, say, 14, or 32?(ex,
can she put that many beans in a paper plate?)
does she know how to add?(does she understand that if there are 5
beans on the plate and you put three more on there will be 8)
Does she know how to subtract?(put 9 on the plate and take a given
amount away and tell how many are left)
Does she make the connection between the written symbols (for
numbers or letters and the amount or sound each represents)?
Does she know what a sentence is?
Does she know what a verb or noun is?
When you sit to read the story books with her, does she read the words
or guess at them?
Does she seem to understand a story when you read it to her(say you
read one she has not heard before, can she tell you what happened
first, second, third, last?, who the main characters[important people]
were?
When she writes on unlined paper, say, you ask her to write a "b" or a
number 5, can you tell what she has written?
Does she enjoy these activities when you "play" at them with her?
I know that this may seem like alot to you, but if you would please
answer, I think that I can help you. I have a mildly learning disabled
son, who at 11 is finishing 3rd grade with very good progress. For the
time between first and now though, it was not an easy road. One of the
main ingredients to the success he has had, was the relaxation of the
pressures he was facing. I will explain more later. It is getting late
now, and this was a long day. I await your response.
... But soft, what light through yonder tagline breaks?
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