My Toddlers Can't Read
Here at the Curmudgucation Institute, the Board of Directors has taken a great interest in the printed word.
We have, for instance, entered the Me Do It phase for one of our most beloved tomes (Little Excavator, by Anna Dewdney). I am no longer allowed to read that book to the Board, but must hold it open while a Board member recites the text. We can do then same thing for select portions of that other best-seller, Digger, Dozer, Dumper. The Board also enjoys just sitting and holding a book and flipping through the pages, one at a time, just like the Institute's CEO and his wife, the Executive Breadwinner.
A Board member considers the deeper themes of Hank the Cowdog |
I have two older children, so I've seen this movie. At some point the letter-sound connection will click. At some point they will start to learn that particular letters make particular sounds, and they will start connecting the marks on the page to the words and stories that they already know.
When that day comes, there's one thing I know for sure-- the damn reading wars arguments will still CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: My Toddlers Can't Read