Myth 5. Finish the whole alphabet before making words.
Truth: Instead, start making small words with known letters
as soon as possible. Children don't have to know all 26 letter sounds to start
blending some together. Try making simple 2- or 3- letter words with the sounds
learned as soon as possible.
Have you
ever watched a child learn to throw a ball? He tries it a few times and his
mind naturally adjusts his body to make the ball go higher, lower, further,
and/or faster. Did he have to read a physics textbook to learn to throw a ball?
Did he have to know the equations for initial velocity, gravity, force, angle, distance,
or the trajectory of the ball? NO!!! Your child’s mind is a super-computer that
makes internal learning leaps. It’s the same for reading, if given the right foundation.
You
don’t have to read a huge textbook on the mechanics of reading, nor have a
teaching certificate, to teach your child, either. The Godfrey Method is
simple, effective, and the child never forgets.
For some
great word lists, check out my blog on HELPS 2: http://www.thegodfreymethod.com/blog/home-early-learning-play-school-helps-2
Or find some great beginning words in The Phonics Color
Code book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Phonics-Color-Code-Platypus-Words/dp/1466249552/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366890629&sr=1-5&keywords=shannah+b+godfrey
What about
words that don’t follow the rules? Many platypus words are spelled phonetically
for the way they were originally pronounced. Over time, we have changed the
pronunciation. For example, the British still say ‘been’ with a long-ē sound.
Americans have gotten lazy and changed it to a short-ĕ sound.
Also, the verb ‘say’ has a
form of ‘says’ which was originally said with a long-ā sound. Over time we
changed it to ‘sez’ with a short-ĕ sound. Also, the past-tense of ‘say’ is
‘sayed’ but we spelled it as ‘said’ with a long-ā sound. Over time, we changed it
to ‘sed’ with a short-ĕ sound.
Many platypus words were
originally phonetic, but local dialects have changed the pronunciation, like
how the South pronounces vowels differently than the North or West.
The
Platypus
She
has a duck beak, beaver fur, lays eggs, but is a mammal!
http://www.thegodfreymethod.com/blog/top-ten-myths-reading-myth-5
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