Vicky is enjoying reading the primers that I have. It is sad that the school is taking such a mechanical approach, & the other kids have no benefit of the joy of "have learnt to read", the sense of achievement. Besides, a primer at school would have meant one more primer for Vicky :D My current resources are certainly running out. I have been visiting the website Homeschool Freebie of the Day since a few years, in fact I had been looking for primers online, for another child, when I stumbled upon it, & now it is certainly time to dig out those awesome vintage primers & print them out ... who says You have to be homeschooling, or American, to need these resources? You just have to be an involved parent.
In Hindi, the school is simply rushing on with the written alphabet. In fact, Vicky has forgotten not only the writing movement, but also the "look" of many of the alphabets that came (& went) in between. & oh! she has also developed some wrong writing patterns. She is writing "d" by taking her pencil from beneath & making the circle twice. "a" by making a circle first, & then "adding a tail". Likewise, she is also writing p wrong ... I am having to teach her the correct movements again. This is the result of not enough practice of the earlier learning, before moving on.
By the way, Vicky cannot write a cursive "k". & I do not insist.
She is getting better with the sight words. She is finding "the" everywhere now, for example in the English newspaper. I have always been told to "guide the child to put reading in context" ... I had to make no efforts towards it. She is also really bent upon phonics. She tries to read whatever she can. The other day, we were in the car, & she asked "Mumma, what does "The Pan" mean?", I thought that it must be the name of some restaurant, but my husband said that it was "The Panacea", a hospital, & marveled for 5 minutes at the fact that Vicky had read so much from the moving car ... :)
My mother has sent the Bengali Primers. I am starting on the Bengali consonants with Vicky.
In Hindi, the school is simply rushing on with the written alphabet. In fact, Vicky has forgotten not only the writing movement, but also the "look" of many of the alphabets that came (& went) in between. & oh! she has also developed some wrong writing patterns. She is writing "d" by taking her pencil from beneath & making the circle twice. "a" by making a circle first, & then "adding a tail". Likewise, she is also writing p wrong ... I am having to teach her the correct movements again. This is the result of not enough practice of the earlier learning, before moving on.
By the way, Vicky cannot write a cursive "k". & I do not insist.
She is getting better with the sight words. She is finding "the" everywhere now, for example in the English newspaper. I have always been told to "guide the child to put reading in context" ... I had to make no efforts towards it. She is also really bent upon phonics. She tries to read whatever she can. The other day, we were in the car, & she asked "Mumma, what does "The Pan" mean?", I thought that it must be the name of some restaurant, but my husband said that it was "The Panacea", a hospital, & marveled for 5 minutes at the fact that Vicky had read so much from the moving car ... :)
My mother has sent the Bengali Primers. I am starting on the Bengali consonants with Vicky.
