tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post7365043226668502581..comments2023-03-24T04:21:33.880-07:00Comments on An American Between Worlds: How A Playmobil Catalog Taught My Child To Read (ok, not really, but it is helping)Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977681678171950587noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-10273278265093159932007-01-19T23:59:00.000-08:002007-01-19T23:59:00.000-08:00Jennifer: thank you for your suggestions! That so...Jennifer: thank you for your suggestions! That sounds a lot like what we did for English too. We got some little books from Barnes and Noble one day. P wasn't interested in them at first but for some reason, after we got back from Germany in September, he totally got into them and wham, he was reading. I am sure we have been doing things to help him along but it was kind of a surprise when he just started sounding things out. Really cool! <br /><br />I love your ideas about making crossword puzzles, etc. We have been doing treasure hunts for a while - aren't those great! Thank you for the additional suggestions, I am going to focus some more attention on these kinds of ideas again.<br /><br />P also loves the computer learning programs we brought back from Germany and which my husband's former school teacher just sent us! Not always easy to find good programs but it looks like we found at least a few.<br /><br />How do they do things in Korean for learning to read Korean? Is it different or similar to the US?Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977681678171950587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-55911129869798537772007-01-19T21:44:00.000-08:002007-01-19T21:44:00.000-08:00My 2 cents on reading: We did a lot of lists of rh...My 2 cents on reading: We did a lot of lists of rhyming words for Aiden this last year: it, bit, fit, git, hit... at, bat cat, fat, hat etc. I hung them on the wall and we'd go through them every day or so. I think that helped a lot. I wasn't really ready to teach him to read (he was only 5, I thought it was kind of early) but they had started at school already and he was "behind." He had trouble catching on at first and then suddenly he got it and now, 6 months or so later, he reads short books pretty well in both English and Korean (teaching Korean was different, but that's another story...). I also made him a lot of crossword puzzles, treasure hunts, word finds, making cards for friends, etc...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937360291620022135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-8858376555955617322007-01-19T12:27:00.000-08:002007-01-19T12:27:00.000-08:00Juliet - yes, so far things have worked that way. ...Juliet - yes, so far things have worked that way. By the time birthdays come, he has a whole list of other things that he wants which, er, some adults family members (us) have mentioned. ;-)<br /><br />Alice - you have a good point! Of the few Playmobil things we have, they are pretty sturdy and I don't mind having them around. We bought a few cheap, plastic things (NOT Playmobil) this year (due to a specific request to Santa) and one of them is already falling apart and broken. Not to be said for the Playmobil things we have!Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977681678171950587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-44979930697736989412007-01-19T07:20:00.000-08:002007-01-19T07:20:00.000-08:00Playmobil is great! Even if you were to buy him so...Playmobil is great! Even if you were to buy him something from the catalog, it would be a really good kind of toy to have. I grew up with playmobil as well. It totally encourages creative play/role play - good for speech development (hehe). When my kids are a bit older I'll buy them playmobil too - not now though because the parts are too small for Niki and Isabella would keep losing them.<br />But great how you're handling this! And funny how all kids are the same: Isabella, too, loves to look at catalogues and makes long lists of what she wants.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184460706620677905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-53364159097459675152007-01-19T05:44:00.000-08:002007-01-19T05:44:00.000-08:00Hey, I think that, as long as he is interested in ...Hey, I think that, as long as he is interested in reading, it's all good. Let's just hope he forgets about most of the actual toys by the time his birthday / the holidays roll around.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05368089896278097835noreply@blogger.com