I loved getting to hear how you do it 😁I don’t think I’ve yet met a homeschool mom who hasn’t started reading lessons too early with her first child! So I can relate. We are using Charlotte Mason’s method too. We are going through the Free and Treadwell Primer and using the Teacher Help from A Delectable Education that goes with it. They have picked out all the words from each story of the book so we do lessons very similar - introduce the word, take it into mind’s eye, spell it out from memory with wooden letters or sand or finger in air, find it in print, sub out different first letters to change the word, and review previously learned words. My 6yo loves the word “gingerbread” 😂 My 3yo learned the word “pig” and always wants to find that one in print 😂 no matter what lesson I’m doing with the 6yo. I want to do a poem sometime, but I think that will be easier for me to pick the words out of myself than a story would be, so I appreciate the ADE teacher help guide 👍🏼 it makes it much more open and go - they have all the words to be found in print on pages that you print out on card stock, and then you spread the ones out for that story you’re working on and let them find the new word and they also like to find other ones they already know, so built in review! I also dictate sentences to him from words he has learned, and he can make them with the word cards.
ADE is such a wonderful resource! I've listened to them all, and consider that podcast my Charlotte Mason "gateway" haha! I'll check out that resource, as I'm kind of doing all the work on my own right now, depending on what my daughter wants to read (poems, nursery rhymes, etc!)
So good to hear from you again! Reading has been on my heart and mind with our 7 year old son. We have been using the gentle feast sight and sound and it is lovely! Thank you for sharing with us.
Very helpful. I have been curious about this. We are starting to embrace more CM into our homeschool and I have a son who will be in 1st grade next year. I really like the Primer book you mentioned. Thanks for sharing ❤️
This was so helpful and gave great ideas! I’ll definitely be trying some of these because I’ve noticed myself leaning more and more towards the Charlotte mason method.
Loved this video! Thanks for sharing. I've missed your videos! My little ones aren't at the age yet where formal lessons are necessary but it's nice to watch your videos and give myself a head start! Do you find your 3 year old is more interested in reading watching her older sister learn how to read?
Aw, love hearing that! I'm so glad to be back, finally! Yes, my three-year-old is soooo interested. But I don't force it! Haha. She will write random strings of letters and we wil sometimes work together with her wooden letters!
Hi! If you watch the full video I share how I started with just some wooden letters with my toddlers. Let them explore them! I also touched on this in my corresponding blog post! Check that out at the link in description!
Thank you! My daughter is in the build words level. She knows a few sight words. I’ve been looking through the original McGuffey’s Pictorial Primer to plan reading lessons for her. I’ve been waiting until I introduce long vowels. I’m pretty comfortable with teaching her and she LOVES to practice word building, I’ve just been insecure about the sequence. *How far along in phonics should she be before we start formal reading lessons?
You can definitely begin while she learns the phonics rules... How old is she? She doesn't need to know all of the phonics "rules" to begin learning rhymes, etc! If she's six... definitely no need to wait. If she's four I would wait a bit!
Hello, I went to the link for the Discover Reading book and it’s no longer there. I’m trying to find on google and have no luck. Thanks for this great video!
I loved getting to hear how you do it 😁I don’t think I’ve yet met a homeschool mom who hasn’t started reading lessons too early with her first child! So I can relate.
We are using Charlotte Mason’s method too. We are going through the Free and Treadwell Primer and using the Teacher Help from A Delectable Education that goes with it. They have picked out all the words from each story of the book so we do lessons very similar - introduce the word, take it into mind’s eye, spell it out from memory with wooden letters or sand or finger in air, find it in print, sub out different first letters to change the word, and review previously learned words.
My 6yo loves the word “gingerbread” 😂
My 3yo learned the word “pig” and always wants to find that one in print 😂 no matter what lesson I’m doing with the 6yo.
I want to do a poem sometime, but I think that will be easier for me to pick the words out of myself than a story would be, so I appreciate the ADE teacher help guide 👍🏼 it makes it much more open and go - they have all the words to be found in print on pages that you print out on card stock, and then you spread the ones out for that story you’re working on and let them find the new word and they also like to find other ones they already know, so built in review! I also dictate sentences to him from words he has learned, and he can make them with the word cards.
ADE is such a wonderful resource! I've listened to them all, and consider that podcast my Charlotte Mason "gateway" haha! I'll check out that resource, as I'm kind of doing all the work on my own right now, depending on what my daughter wants to read (poems, nursery rhymes, etc!)
So good to hear from you again! Reading has been on my heart and mind with our 7 year old son. We have been using the gentle feast sight and sound and it is lovely! Thank you for sharing with us.
It is a wonderful open-and-go program, isn't it? So happy to be back! I missed making videos and connecting with you all!
Thank you for sharing! My daughter will be six this summer so I appreciate hearing how you teach yours!
Wonderful! That's so exciting! Happy to share!
This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
This is so helpful! My oldest is 5 and we're just starting to look into teaching him how to read, I love how gentle this method is! ❤️
Glad it was helpful! Good luck, friend!
Very helpful. I have been curious about this. We are starting to embrace more CM into our homeschool and I have a son who will be in 1st grade next year. I really like the Primer book you mentioned. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Glad it was helpful! So excited for you all to begin lessons!
This was so helpful and gave great ideas! I’ll definitely be trying some of these because I’ve noticed myself leaning more and more towards the Charlotte mason method.
You'll find it's extremely natural once you begin teaching!
Loved this video! Thanks for sharing. I've missed your videos! My little ones aren't at the age yet where formal lessons are necessary but it's nice to watch your videos and give myself a head start! Do you find your 3 year old is more interested in reading watching her older sister learn how to read?
Aw, love hearing that! I'm so glad to be back, finally! Yes, my three-year-old is soooo interested. But I don't force it! Haha. She will write random strings of letters and we wil sometimes work together with her wooden letters!
Have you ever considered the Delightful Reading level 3 by SCM? Thanks for this video, very helpful!! 💕
I actually had delightful reading level 1 and didn't take to it. I'm sure it's a wonderful resource though. I really like SCM's programs.
Hi Larissa! This was very helpful, thank you! I would like to know more about the beginning lessons. How did you get started?
Hi! If you watch the full video I share how I started with just some wooden letters with my toddlers. Let them explore them! I also touched on this in my corresponding blog post! Check that out at the link in description!
Thank you! My daughter is in the build words level. She knows a few sight words. I’ve been looking through the original McGuffey’s Pictorial Primer to plan reading lessons for her. I’ve been waiting until I introduce long vowels. I’m pretty comfortable with teaching her and she LOVES to practice word building, I’ve just been insecure about the sequence. *How far along in phonics should she be before we start formal reading lessons?
You can definitely begin while she learns the phonics rules... How old is she? She doesn't need to know all of the phonics "rules" to begin learning rhymes, etc! If she's six... definitely no need to wait. If she's four I would wait a bit!
Hello, I went to the link for the Discover Reading book and it’s no longer there. I’m trying to find on google and have no luck. Thanks for this great video!