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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is five and a rising kindergartener. Up to now, she's been in a play based environment. It became clear to me today that not only does she not know all her letter sounds, but she also can't tell what sounds a word starts with. For example, she couldnt match pictures that showed animals starting with the same sound. She couldnt do it on her own and she still had difficulty when I repeated the words for her emphasizing the beginning sound. Is this normal given that she's never really had formal instruction, or a sign of a problem?[/quote]

Yep. Our play based preschool has zero formal learning.  Other son went to Montessori and knew all phonetic sounds, etc.  I am really anxious about how play-based one will adjust.[/quote]

My kid was like this.  Came from playbased preschool, not a lot of interest in letters and sounds.  I'm a teacher so I knew lots of kids come in at this level, but also that it might be easier for my kind of shy kid to be a little ahead of the game.  I ended up buying him a Leapster (I think they have a different name now) and some phonics games.  He spent about 3 week absolutely hooked and went into Kindergarten knowing most of his sounds, and how to hear them at the beginning of words.  [/quote]

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