Sally Mae is making huge strides in her reading.  It’s been quite a few months since she learned the sounds the letters make.  At that time she also learned the concept of blending those sounds together, but she did not gain the ability to blend (with any speed and fluency) at that time, and then she lost interest in learning to read.  Having been down that road with most of her brothers, I just let her have some time off.

Sally Mae is probably the last person I will have the opportunity to help learn to read, so I’m not interested in rushing things.

But lately she has renewed interest and she is suddenly able to blend.

Sally Mae’s current routine is each of the following each week day.

• Bible – she listens to the daily Proverb and 2 -4 other chapters with the rest of the family.
• Phonics – Read (to me) one page in Noah Webster’s Reading Handbook, and the accompanying chart which is found in the back of the book.
• Phonics review on Starfall.com.
• Copywork – Write the words for the day and one sentence from the lesson in the reading handbook.
• Reading – Read (to me) one story from her Sing, Spell, Read, and Write Reader.
• More Reading – Read (on her own) several Bob Books.
• Math – One lesson and/or one “homework” set in Mathematics for Little Ones.
• More Math – 3 turns with the Math Shark.
• Even More Math – Math copywork.
• Spanish – About one lesson per week in The Learnables. ( We do this twice or three times in the week, but we only advance to the next lesson about once a week.)
• Read Aloud – Sarah, Plain and Tall (makin’ me cry), and On the Banks of Plum Creek.

Wow, that looks like a lot!  It isn’t really.  We probably spend the most time on Bible and Math.  The rest are rather brief lessons.

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I’ve been somewhat exasperated with the lack of math fact knowledge among Cannonball Jack and The Squid.  We have done flashcards and MathShark and drills on paper and I see very little retention.  I’m reluctant to move on to more advanced concepts before they have a handle on the facts.

So, in an attempt to drill them on the facts until they are really “over” learned, I have ordered some math games.  Board game type things.

These ought to do the trick.

Phonics

I am also going to start using Happy Phonics again.  Monday, I think.

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