tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post1804271517104061621..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: M is for Misery. M is for MadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-61816433198780041812008-04-09T13:11:00.000-07:002008-04-09T13:11:00.000-07:00oh, bad day. My son is just starting to read, he ...oh, bad day. My son is just starting to read, he would far rather be running around the garden shooting bushes, or watching tv. I don't have much advice...a washing line with words you can peg on each day? that they can peg on each day? words cut up into single letters so that they can order them to make the words? A rap, which ends in MAD! this is driving me MAD! I didn't say bad, I said MAD!<BR/>yeh, i've run out of ideas.<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-5268246548645413872008-04-08T12:10:00.000-07:002008-04-08T12:10:00.000-07:00hi jonny's mother! tiger is pretty smart in many w...hi jonny's mother! tiger is pretty smart in many ways, but is not that interested in reading; some days we feel we are treading a fine line between encouraging and becoming completely despairing (well that's me anyway, dig does not do the 'it is all a disaster' line). <BR/><BR/>hi motl, we have spent a couple of hours with starfall today, so thanks for these links. tiger has been able to march straight through most of the earlier stuff, which gives me hope ... the starfall is well laid out, which seems fairly unusual for some of these reading pages, so for that i am grateful.<BR/><BR/>hi jan, yes, the squirming drives me nuts!<BR/><BR/>you are right, potty mummy. a spoon would be better.<BR/><BR/>hi elizabeth! we have this sibling problem here too - squirrel has total command of the clock system, so no one else now bothers to learn the time at all!<BR/><BR/>hi helen, i've found the best books are those that i can read too. some of the stuff out there is dire, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>hi kelly jean! and i'm glad to know i'm not alone either! (and we are making slow but steady progress on our letters!)<BR/><BR/>hi kitty, i should be delighted if you could drop round for a jam sandwich and a bottle of beer. i shall be off to your site regularly to ogle at your craft and wonder why can't we do that...Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-8004276858623864582008-04-08T08:14:00.000-07:002008-04-08T08:14:00.000-07:00Hi ... Firstly, thanks for visiting my blog. Seco...Hi ... Firstly, thanks for visiting my blog. Secondly, wow! You are a brave woman - to mother triplets, and then to take the decision to home educate. I take my hat off to you.<BR/><BR/>Interesting blog you have here ... I'll be back if that's ok?<BR/><BR/>:-)Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-59052748866561218712008-04-07T17:33:00.000-07:002008-04-07T17:33:00.000-07:00OK. Ouch. That had to hurt.I am so happy to hear I...OK. Ouch. That had to hurt.<BR/><BR/>I am so happy to hear I am not the only mom with a reluctant reader! My Darik was pulled out of school cuz the reading teacher kept saying "He'll get it eventually". But kept making him feel like a failure. That was why I originally started home education. Reading is probably our biggest hurdle. Darik finally found a book series he likes and is improving slow but steady. Alex is lazy about it, but when it comes down to it, he's only a tad bit behind "grade" level. <BR/><BR/>I know you're frustrated, but I'm feeling better knowing I'm not alone! And I second starfall.com. My boys love it.Moohaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783775723399171570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-91479155390705468172008-04-07T15:23:00.000-07:002008-04-07T15:23:00.000-07:00ours enjoyed starfall, but actually we decided to ...ours enjoyed starfall, but actually we decided to not teach her to read, but instead do explode the code workbooks and halfway through book 4 she was astounded to be told she was reading. [yep, it took 3 1/2 books for her to notice that was what we were doing] we got them from sonlight. nothing else worked for us. then didn't have to teach her to read, as she kind of just did it herself from that point. [book 4 seemed to be about oxford reading tree 7 could pick up and have a go]<BR/>but you've probably got every reading scheme in the world. the red nose readers are okHelenHaricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272384373030929713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-60560548921354995342008-04-07T15:17:00.000-07:002008-04-07T15:17:00.000-07:00Hazel taught herself to read on her own just after...Hazel taught herself to read on her own just after she turned 5, but Kieran I fear will never read. Whenever he wants something read to him, his sister does it for him. <BR/><BR/>Instead of stabbing herself, my mom used to bash her head on the brickwall--might be a more effective way to deal with it--it'll help you forget what's going on!!Elizabeth (My Reading World)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878751176756550420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-4248469053049581642008-04-07T14:01:00.000-07:002008-04-07T14:01:00.000-07:00Grit, I'm cheering you on. But for god's sake, fi...Grit, I'm cheering you on. But for god's sake, find blunt cutlery to leave around for those stab-in-the-thing moments...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-84385605420302096722008-04-07T13:50:00.000-07:002008-04-07T13:50:00.000-07:00Teaching children to read is my least favourite bi...Teaching children to read is my least favourite bit of this too. C, my eldest, suddenly just 'got it' around her fifth birthday, but M, at 6 1/2 still has quite a lot of days when she can't read at all - usually Mondays if we've had a busy weekend. Actually now, it's not even the not reading that's the problem, it's the screaming and squirming and whining that go with the whole process - I imagine you're familiar with those too...Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803293426475964009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-30209318256110004712008-04-07T13:21:00.000-07:002008-04-07T13:21:00.000-07:00Try this:starfall.comAll kids love it!And have a l...Try this:<BR/><BR/>starfall.com<BR/><BR/>All kids love it!<BR/><BR/>And have a look here:<BR/><BR/>sparklebox.co.uk (it's a big site now so it might take you a while to get round it. I used to use this when I was teaching).the mother of this lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173598381711792094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-76531102226585616402008-04-07T13:15:00.000-07:002008-04-07T13:15:00.000-07:00Sounds to me like you are being a little too hard ...Sounds to me like you are being a little too hard on yourself.<BR/><BR/>You have checked them for things like dycslexia? Which I can't spell for the life of me!<BR/><BR/>Hang in there. They will catch on. Over here, home schoolers are some of the brightest kids around. I agree with some of your sentiments about formal education. Not always the best of environments at all!Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.com