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Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/29/2009 6:52:25 PM
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Concerto
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Hi all:
In addition to flash cards, and books, can you recommend some good computer program for a 5 year old girl to help her to learn her numbers, letters, words, etc.?
I saw leapster...or something like that...
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/29/2009 8:00:21 PM
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Read together. Play games together. Ditch the "school" stuff! Have fun together!
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/29/2009 9:58:07 PM
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SurpassingPeace
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Read, read, read. Talk to her and play lots of fun games. Leapfrog Letter Factory is a great dvd. My two year old learned all of her letters and their sounds from that dvd and the corresponding refrigerator toy. I felt guilty because she was watching more tv because I was nursing her little brother. She went and learned all her letters. But the personal one on one interaction is worth more than anything.
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/29/2009 11:14:05 PM
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garsyt
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I agree with all of the above posters!
Go to the library and pick up a bunch of books. There are so many books out there that are all about numbers, letters, and all sorts of things that you have mentioned wanting.
As for computer things - Starfall is great for phonics and such.
Try PBSkids.org for other options. Each of the programs sites have little games and such.
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/30/2009 3:23:00 AM
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butterfly_doll
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A free software you can download is called kid genius. At least I think you can still get the basic program for free at www.kidgen.net
There are also a lot of great educational websites to help young children learn and they are fun.
Some of my favorites are: www.starfall.com
www.lilfingers.com
and www.iknowthat.com
I see someone has mentioned Starfall already. It is by far, my favorite, and has been so useful while teaching my sons to read.
< Message edited by butterfly_doll -- 10/30/2009 3:32:26 AM >
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/30/2009 9:12:52 AM
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Ellie-Mae
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Here is another fun site: http://www.poissonrouge.com/
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RE: Learning numbers, words, etc. - 10/31/2009 11:55:01 AM
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My daughter is doing a method of learning called "Montessori" which I (since I chose it, of course) think is excellent.
Firstly: they teach the small letters, and ignore capitals until the small alphabet is mastered.
Secondly: they don't teach 'the alphabet' (as in the order of the letters) or the names of the letters "Aye, Bee, Cee" they teach that the figures represent sounds, and just call them by the name of the sounds. "b" is a "buh" not a "bee".
Thirdly they teach word formation before writing (printing), and writing before reading: they do this by having a 'movable alphabet' (a big set of wood cut outs, much like fridge letters) and little boxes of easy to spell items. One box might have a figurine of a pig, a horse, a cow etc. The children take the box and try to sound out the words for the object, and make the word out of the letters at their disposal. Then, in the box are little picture cards with the item and the word spelled out. So they check their spelling attempts against those.
So what I have at home is a large set of small-letter fridge letters (at least 3 sets, capitals removed) a magnet board, and some baby alphabet books with one word per page starting with the same letter (4 words per book, one book per letter of the alphabet), and a picture of that word on the facing page. My dd likes this school-like activity of reproducing the words from the books and knowing the sounds of the letters to sound out what that word she is spelling out is, looking to the picture. She loves the accomplishment of doing a whole book.
She can do this with any phonetically spelled word, using the letters. I don't think she yet realizes that that means she could sound out and read the words if she wanted to. I'm sure she'll notice soon.
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