Caden is Reading!

Caden is sort of reading! I know some of you might think I am nuts to encourage him, being so young, but it was suggested by his preschool teacher! I found this great website, www.starfall.com, and he gets to work on his own at his own pace. There is a page with the alphabet on it that he can click on and work on phonics. He knows that stuff really well because of his school last year, so we moved pretty quickly through that. The reading pages have some games and then some books that he can click and read.

For the first one, we worked on "an" and "at" sounds and made words by changing the beginning letter. He did really well with those and like the games. The next activity is a book called "Zac the Rat" that goes along with those. He can click on the word and the computer will sound it out for him if he needs help. He does really well, but sometimes he only wants to use the computer and not sound it out himself. I can already see the perfectionist in him coming out. I will ask him to sound it out on his own and he insists he can't do it right yet, so he needs the computer. It is like flashing back to my childhood. This boy is soooooo much like me it is crazy! Not that it is a bad thing, but anyway, I digress. Sometimes we can have a power struggle about it, but mostly I just try to encourage him to try by himself. He really seems to enjoy it and I know it is all about him having fun right now!

I also find myself wanting him to get it right the first time, so this has been a big lesson on patience and perfectionism(is that a word?) for me! My child will do it in his time, his way, etc. So I am learning too on this journey! Anyway, just wanted to share what we are working on here. The video is for the grandparents to see and admire.