Hooked on Phonics: SL
July 9th, 2006As I mentioned in a post the other day, the Hooked on Phonics method started teaching my son Sebastian letter combination sounds recently. You should also remember that one method I added to the HOP method is that I will sometimes ask Sebastian, "What's that?" or "Like what?" so that he can explain what that word means and thus confirm his reading comprehension.
Two weeks ago, we got to the letter combination of "sl."
The word was simple: "slap." He read it with no problems, and I asked him, "Like what?"
His answer was a matter-of-fact "Like when mommy slaps me."
Of course, I couldn't help but erupt into laughter at his naive reply, and I ran straight to my wife to tell her what rumor I had heard through the grapevine.
Let's just wait until he offers that up in kindergarten in the fall. Hopefully I won't be home to take that call.
July 14th, 2006 at 16:12
Please don't call child services on me-I love my children.
Sebastian is just creative when it comes to irritating me and he also is quite deaf when I tell him to leave his brother alone.