of reading everything in sight. On TV, in the newspapers, on the road, at the shops. Everywhere.
It's like a newfound freedom. Suddenly a whole new world has just opened for more exploration.
If previously she learnt to read by memorisation, now phonics has helped her to figure out the new words by herself. Nowadays she likes to sit next to me when I'm reading the newspapers and she tried to figure out some of the headlines. The other night she surprised me by reading the word 'hospitality' in the newspaper. And last night it was 'profits'.
Some of her pronunciations are not perfect, but I refrain from correcting her too often because I want her to be confident in figuring out the words. I notice that she finds it easier to read in Bahasa Melayu, perhaps because the pronunciation of the suku kata is somewhat standard. Unlike English where there are so many exceptions to the rule.
On a related matter, her school has introduced spelling and ejaan quizzes starting from this week. It's spelling on every Monday and ejaan on every Friday. Plus a reading programme starting from tomorrow, where each child takes a book home on Thursday and return it to the school on the following Monday. So it is timely that her reading skill has improved tremendously. Otherwise I'd be spending a lot of time preparing her for the quizzes and reading the books to her.
That's the challenge of parenting these days. And she's only in kindergarten...
3 comments:
i can imagine myself concentrating on the kids after this...
sorry mak su tak dpt dtg birthday celebration. aida & fahri demam followed by my hubby.
fahri nye birthday pun tak celebrate-celebrate lagi.. hehehe
ummu auni, it's a lot of work, but it's worth it.
aida, it's ok. sebenarnya maksu sendiri pun kurang sihat masa birthday yasmin.. sakit satu badan. hope your family is getting better.
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