For language arts, he is using the Phonics Road to Spelling and Reading ("Phonics Road"). We are going through level one S L O W L Y working toward mastery. Level one is designed for either kindergarten or first grade. There is no rush, so we'll probably take both years to go through level one. I think the program found us at the right time. We went through Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons earlier in the year, and I thought he was doing great with reading. But when it came to reading 'real books', it became clear that his primary reading strategies were word memorization and picture cues. He needs some basic phonics re-training and Phonics Road fits the bill.
To start with, he first practiced writing the letters for the first two Phonics Road lessons using this:
Next we drilled the letter sounds the old-fashioned way, with flash cards.
To further review, we played phonics bingo (a very popular activity):
He also identified letters written on card stock with glitter glue by touch while blindfolded and then practiced the sounds:
And, for good measure, the kids and I made a batch of play dough and made letters:
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| He called this his "creepy d"...a very accurate description! |
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