Great piece. My daughter has a great ability to read language, she can figure out by sight nearly any word thrown at her, at six. She still has to catch up on understanding each word and how the words link together to make a story. There are also lots of words at her reading level that I have to explain, and I try to remember the rule “don’t define a word with the word in the definintion”.
It’s great when she uses those words in a sentence later on, in the correct manner.

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Great piece. My daughter has a great ability to read language, she can figure out by sight nearly any word thrown at her, at six. She still has to catch up on understanding each word and how the words link together to make a story. There are also lots of words at her reading level that I have to explain, and I try to remember the rule “don’t define a word with the word in the definintion”.
It’s great when she uses those words in a sentence later on, in the correct manner.

asrais last blog post..Support System

Lance: At this point, Mia wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s the first one to notice when someone else is getting baby talked. You are absolutely right about your points. We are all human, and could at the very least connect on that level. It’s all about respect.

Mom: Thank you for never talking baby talk to me. It has made me the articulate person I am today. Of course, it’s given me quite a colorful vocabulary, and has also made me use the delete button a LOT, as the favorite words we use are not always appropriate for the Dad part of Writer Dad. Your filter has gotten much better though. Thanks, and I love you too.

Marelisa: I love it when you use the flower pot analogy. It is perfect. I want our children to be the most beautiful, bountiful plants they can be.

Sonia: Tone is exceedingly important. You can use any vocabulary, but you should be considerate of your tone. They can’t hear deep sounds as well as they can high ones, but use real syllables. As to your son, I know the precise emotion.

Patricia: What a wonderful, wonderful story. Thank you so much for sharing this. I read it a few days ago, and now again as I’m returning to answer. Beautiful, Patricia.

Laurie: Wonderful and honest. We live, learn, and do better. Thank you so much for sharing.

Lance: At this point, Mia wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s the first one to notice when someone else is getting baby talked. You are absolutely right about your points. We are all human, and could at the very least connect on that level. It’s all about respect.

Mom: Thank you for never talking baby talk to me. It has made me the articulate person I am today. Of course, it’s given me quite a colorful vocabulary, and has also made me use the delete button a LOT, as the favorite words we use are not always appropriate for the Dad part of Writer Dad. Your filter has gotten much better though. Thanks, and I love you too.

Marelisa: I love it when you use the flower pot analogy. It is perfect. I want our children to be the most beautiful, bountiful plants they can be.

Sonia: Tone is exceedingly important. You can use any vocabulary, but you should be considerate of your tone. They can’t hear deep sounds as well as they can high ones, but use real syllables. As to your son, I know the precise emotion.

Patricia: What a wonderful, wonderful story. Thank you so much for sharing this. I read it a few days ago, and now again as I’m returning to answer. Beautiful, Patricia.

Laurie: Wonderful and honest. We live, learn, and do better. Thank you so much for sharing.

It has been humbling to have a child with different learning abilities and her brain works so amazingly differently…when something goes into long term memory it is essential gone for good….I would have to use a distinctive word everyday for 2 weeks and then every day for the rest of her life….if I wanted her to have a great vocabulary…thus she is unable to formulate questions or have a moral compass at the right moment….
She would always learn Uncle Friar’s BOGUS stuff! and we would hear it forever….:)
When I was thinking about teaching special ed as a career I did an internship with challenged kids ( 7 year olds) for the summer, and every Sunday I taught a pre-kindergarten class of 4-5 years olds in a different part of town. Every Sunday I was eating humble pie about what was accomplished the week before in my class.
I knew I could not do this as a career.
I think I should write an article about all the things I have learned about learning and living life from a child with a hole in the pre-frontal cortex….Wow it has been a gift that is immeasurable and always humbling.
All three of my kids challenge my thinking and that of the world around then, but in such profoundly different ways…
They all say:”Mom sometimes I can’t tell what you are trying to say?”
Better to listen!

Patricias last blog post..Hats off to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Revising Committee

It has been humbling to have a child with different learning abilities and her brain works so amazingly differently…when something goes into long term memory it is essential gone for good….I would have to use a distinctive word everyday for 2 weeks and then every day for the rest of her life….if I wanted her to have a great vocabulary…thus she is unable to formulate questions or have a moral compass at the right moment….
She would always learn Uncle Friar’s BOGUS stuff! and we would hear it forever….:)
When I was thinking about teaching special ed as a career I did an internship with challenged kids ( 7 year olds) for the summer, and every Sunday I taught a pre-kindergarten class of 4-5 years olds in a different part of town. Every Sunday I was eating humble pie about what was accomplished the week before in my class.
I knew I could not do this as a career.
I think I should write an article about all the things I have learned about learning and living life from a child with a hole in the pre-frontal cortex….Wow it has been a gift that is immeasurable and always humbling.
All three of my kids challenge my thinking and that of the world around then, but in such profoundly different ways…
They all say:”Mom sometimes I can’t tell what you are trying to say?”
Better to listen!

Patricias last blog post..Hats off to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Revising Committee

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