Something really cute happened this weekend. My Natalie wanted to play school with me but I was busy so I suggested that she play school with her stuffed animals until her friend was available to play. She hesitated for a while and tried whining in an effort to convince me that I should play instead. Her older sister, Emily said “why don’t you teach your “babies” what you learned on Time4Learning yesterday (Friday)?”
Natalie’s eyes opened wide (she’s very dramatic) and said OK. Next thing I heard her setting the dolls and animals up in the play room, in classroom order and telling them that it was time to learn “the short sound of ‘a’ and she proceeded to tell them that Cat, Hat, Bat had a short sound but that Cape and Tape did not. I thought that was too cute. She also used rhyming a lot, she loves to rhyme words like Dr. Seuss – words that have not particular meaning but they rhyme nontheless.
I know that most of us wonder if our kids really take in everything they hear or if they will remember it later. After having 4 kids I know they do but it is so nice to have that reinforced.
Thanks T4L.
Terie
Taylor
October 10, 2007 | 2:02 pm1
<p><p>Natalie seems to be learning a lot. She’s really retaining important information and prereading skills. I’m glad she’s enjoying teaching phonics to her stuffed animals. That’s too cute, and also a good indicator of a high confidence level! Good for her! Her ability to find rhyming words speaks volumes about her understanding of sounds and phonemes. How is her Time4Learning carrying over into school? Is she getting phonics instruction there as well? Do you find that at the end of a school day she is still eager to use Time4Learning? Also, I’m wondering if there are any useful games on the Playground that she’s been learning from?</p></p>