Yodajo

omurray

Hey - wasn't it you that posted recently for ideas to help your DS1 starting out learning to read?  I was just curious if you came across anything good that your DS is loving?  My DS was in a phase of sounding things out and talking about what letter words start with, but he seems to be kinda done with it now.  I don't want to push at all or irritate him, but I was wondering if there might be some different approaches that could still encourage the learning without going back to those same 2 ideas that he seems bored with now (not that he mastered them, but he had an interest and now isn't interested when asked those questions).

Yodajo

Yes, that was me. 

No, I haven't really come across anything else.  We played on starfall for a while and he liked that.  Cubby's site is great, but I haven't tried anything.  I think I am going to get his Tag out some more and play with that, plus I have an old Leap pad that I may get out.  We talk a lot in the car about sounding out words, but he gets bored quickly. 

Like you, I don't want to push him or make it work or boring, so I am just trying to let him lead. 

I was thinking about getting some cards out and working on sight words since he may like that if its a game, but who knows?  He loves Memory, so mabe if I made up a game like that where he matched the word with the picture?  I'm struggling too!

 

omurray

Thanks for the reply!  Sounds like we are in the same boat!  I forgot about Cubby's site though, so I'll have to check that out.  My DS did get a Tag for Christmas, but I never even loaded the books onto it.  I had planned on saving it to give to him during "quiet time" when he stopped napping, but (thankfully) he is still napping regularly for now.  I could bust that out.  He really likes starfall.com too, but I'm trying to keep computer time limited for now.  I saw some puzzles on amazon that were words and pictures and wondered if he would like those or if they'd be a waste of money.  I like your memory idea a lot!

Yodajo

I think you'll like the Tag a lot.  I would definitely break it out!