Buttercup is reading. Well, she is learning to read. She's doing a pretty good job. She's almost finished with Fox in Socks.
When Jammin' learned to read he had an easier time. I'm not trying to compare kids, but his little mind would look at a word once and remember. Buttercup has to see the word a few times and still sounds it out.
I had forgotten how frustrating the English language is to read. Let's just say I'm glad I grew up speaking English and didn't have to learn it as a foreign language.
Here are our problems:
these words sound the same:
so, go, no, and...... to?
these words sound the same:
how, now, cow, and....... grow
Our poor kids - just when they figure out a certain scheme, the English language flips it around and changes the sound.
Well, Buttercup is getting there, as we all did before her.
I know...it is a good thing their brains are like sponges ;0)
Ladybug struggled more than Ty as well...I wonder if it is an older child/younger child thing?!?
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1369851478 | October 05, 2009 at 11:40 AM
My kids all learned to read at different speeds too. Maddie is a bit further behind than the others, but it's partly because they changed the system at school (French immersion) and they now learn to read in French before English.
And what the heck are those silent letters doing in some of our words? Like knock? Or answer?
Posted by: Heather Plett | October 05, 2009 at 01:19 PM
she'll get it...
Posted by: caroline | October 05, 2009 at 03:37 PM
I'm still baffled.
Posted by: Pamela | October 05, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Thought you were going to lapse into a George Carlin routine.
Posted by: Bethany | October 05, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Let me tell you... they will all learn to read, but most likely they will all learn in a different manner. It is very frustrating. Pepe and Phinneous were NOTHING alike and now I have baby girl to deal with ....
Posted by: angela | October 05, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Yep.Been.there.with.Pete....Really.hoping.RePete.is.a.reading.genius!
Posted by: Robinella | October 06, 2009 at 08:32 AM
What a magical time! I hope she is reading to everyone that will listen to her..I am a big supporter of reading aloud, in the car, in the grocery store..let her read everywhere! :)
Posted by: Far Side of Fifty | October 06, 2009 at 01:15 PM
oh don't get me started!!! I had to learn english and then learn the spellings and pronounciations. Drove me nuts...another example-
through, though, trough. I mean, seriously???
Posted by: claudia | October 07, 2009 at 06:40 AM
When you consider how difficult it is to speak English, especially American English, isn't it even more amazing that so many people around the world can speak it? And yet we Americans don't study or speak another language as a rule. Sad.
Posted by: Desert Songbird | October 08, 2009 at 12:20 PM
It's amazing to me that my son is learning to read. I know every kid does it unless there is something wrong, but like walking and talking, it all seems like a miracle when it's your child. Especially when things don't always come so easily to this particular boy.
Posted by: Erin | October 08, 2009 at 03:21 PM
We had the opposite situation, my son was really hard to teach to read and my daughter picked it up like she's been doing it for years. Every kid is different!
Posted by: Angela at mommy bytes | October 09, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Someday I'll find my list of ALL those words that should make sense and send it to you.
The English language is not easy.
Posted by: Swampy | October 09, 2009 at 02:11 PM
Kids learn right off the bat that so many things in life don't make sense, LOL!
The Frog and Toad books are fun for early readers :)
Posted by: Kila | October 13, 2009 at 08:45 PM