Anonymous wrote:My DD, who just started K this fall, will sound out the first 1-2 letters of a word, and then just take a guess at what that word is. A "W" word, for example, could be, in her mind, "What? Where? Watermelon? Willow?" you name it. Or whatever she can guess based upon the picture if she sees something that starts with the letter "w". I keep telling her to keep going, and sound out the next letters beyond the first two. Is this a developmental step in reading? How long are we going to be stuck here? I am getting bored every night sitting on her bed listening to her throw out random guesses - lol -- ok, just kidding with this one, ladies. But seriously, am looking for insight on this. Thank you in advance!
I think this is very typical, and not a big deal. She will learn to sound out the full word as her decoding skills get better.
You can encourage her to use the book to figure out the word - ie: is that a watermelon in the picture? And you can model sounding out the word as well. But honestly, just read to her and keep it light and fun.
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