Comments on: Shhhh http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/ montessori at school, autonomous at home, all learning together Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Merry http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144910 Merry Mon, 22 May 2006 20:47:26 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144910 No, Maddy thinks she can't read. She gets Fran to read things for her. In fact, she can recognise a lot of words remarkably well and string sentences together, but that isn't reading, it's words. You start reading when you are 7. Who am i to argue??? ;) No, Maddy thinks she can’t read. She gets Fran to read things for her. In fact, she can recognise a lot of words remarkably well and string sentences together, but that isn’t reading, it’s words. You start reading when you are 7. Who am i to argue??? ;)

]]> By: Jax http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144743 Jax Mon, 22 May 2006 14:10:45 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144743 I did! I pointed out that she had asked me about 5 words and read several hundred...and she got all pink and self-conscious. It was ever so cute ;) I did! I pointed out that she had asked me about 5 words and read several hundred…and she got all pink and self-conscious. It was ever so cute ;)

]]> By: Andrea http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144742 Andrea Mon, 22 May 2006 13:55:24 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144742 Hey, tell her it still counts and Good Job! Hey, tell her it still counts and Good Job!

]]> By: Jax http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144740 Jax Mon, 22 May 2006 12:21:55 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144740 I think that makes some sense :) I definitely think that fluency is part of the issue, I just was struggling with how you build that up without practising. But she appears to be happy to practise with these books now, so we may be making progress. She's very happy with herself today :grin: I think that makes some sense :)

I definitely think that fluency is part of the issue, I just was struggling with how you build that up without practising. But she appears to be happy to practise with these books now, so we may be making progress.

She’s very happy with herself today :grin:

]]> By: Sarah http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144738 Sarah Mon, 22 May 2006 12:17:54 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144738 We've had the picture issue here too, Abbie's only recently started being happy to read books without pictures. And Josiah definitely still needs them, there is something weird in his mindset that says 'if the page is full of text I can't read it', never mind what the words actually say! It's as if there's some process that goes on whereby they need the pictures to help them link the words to their imagination, until they get more fluent with their own reading that they can imagine the pictures at the same time that they're actually reading the text on its own, iyswim - does that make any sense at all? We’ve had the picture issue here too, Abbie’s only recently started being happy to read books without pictures. And Josiah definitely still needs them, there is something weird in his mindset that says ‘if the page is full of text I can’t read it’, never mind what the words actually say!

It’s as if there’s some process that goes on whereby they need the pictures to help them link the words to their imagination, until they get more fluent with their own reading that they can imagine the pictures at the same time that they’re actually reading the text on its own, iyswim - does that make any sense at all?

]]> By: Jax http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144737 Jax Mon, 22 May 2006 11:43:33 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144737 No, not Drina. I bought her some red fox ballet chapter books, can't think what they are called. Nice thin books, heroine is called Weezer I think. Ah yes, it's these: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0099409445&tag=makingitup-21&camp=1634&creative=6738" rel="nofollow">Good Luck, Louisa! (Red Fox Ballet Books)</a> But when we got them, they don't really do much in the way of colourful piccies, and I think that's what she really misses. Oh, and I thought Maddy *was* getting there with independent reading? No, not Drina. I bought her some red fox ballet chapter books, can’t think what they are called. Nice thin books, heroine is called Weezer I think. Ah yes, it’s these: Good Luck, Louisa! (Red Fox Ballet Books)

But when we got them, they don’t really do much in the way of colourful piccies, and I think that’s what she really misses.

Oh, and I thought Maddy *was* getting there with independent reading?

]]> By: Merry http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144736 Merry Mon, 22 May 2006 11:30:57 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/05/22/shhhh/#comment-144736 The Drina books are on Fran's shelf, but she hasn't attempted them yet, so i'm not surrised the daunted Big! Those books look much more appealing anyway - Maddy isn't close to being that independent yet. The Drina books are on Fran’s shelf, but she hasn’t attempted them yet, so i’m not surrised the daunted Big! Those books look much more appealing anyway - Maddy isn’t close to being that independent yet.

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