Reading.

[crazychicknlady]

S has asked for me to write words for her to try to read. She is doing passably well. Tonight she read "What words do you want me to write?" and "A word like coconut?" (The other night the girls were very amused with making sentences revolving around the word coconut). Then she read "The coconut put on a hat and sat on the mat." followed by, "The big pig ate the coconut and the hat, but did not eat the mat."

Something I've noticed as both girls have tried to read for me of late - S (8 years) has a pretty good handle on her lower case d's. H (10 years), on the other hand, still flips them and reads them as b's (and vice versa). H recently made some signs for the kitchen that read "NO bogss. NO Dogss." We do not have a rule in the house against bogs in the kitchen (though maybe we should), but H saw the "b" as a "d". I'm curious to see at what age she will reliably perceive the difference.

C (5 years) also asked me to write him words, but he still depends on guessing based on the first letter of the word, and he only guesses our names.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think bs and ds and ps and qs are an "age level" as much as a skill level. Buckaroo doesn't have a problem with this (probably because there is a lower case "b" in his name), and has grasped the idea of reading much more quickly than Polly has. Polly still has issues. Polly also flips her 2s, 5s, 6s and 9s.

That probably doesn't help...

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Flipping is definitely not an age level thing, probably not even skill level - in terms of quantity of practice. I really think it is a brain wiring issue - some brains are ready to see the letters the right way sooner than other brains.

Given who her mother is and who her grandfather is, it is not surprising to me that H still flips letters (heck, I still do when I'm tired, but I can catch my error after the fact). Every child flips letters at the beginning - it is more a point of curiosity to me, rather than worry (thank goodness we homeschool) when H's brain will straighten things out in how she sees the letters.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess what I was thinking is that I find it facinating how different kids are when it comes to reading.

I have too wondered when writing letters will "click." I agree it is partially wiring. I stopped worrying about it (with my kids) about the time I started easing up on teaching them because when I tried to correct it, it really didn't change the outcome anyway.

[rocketsong.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Sometimes if I'm writing quickly I'll flip my "p" and "b". I occasionally do this when typing as well, which makes absolutely no sense since I touch type.