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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the PPs who used Logic of English. Start with Foundations A - you don't need the expensive whole set, just scroll to the bottom of this page and buy the teacher's manual, workbook and doodling dragons picture book. You can get the songs for free on YouTube or use Amazon Music/another streaming platform. If you have a chalkboard/white board at home already and a cheap pack of index cards you'll have all you need.

https://store.logicofenglish.com/collections/product-type-foundations[/quote]

OP here- thanks for this!

Reading some of these responses, I think his phonetic awareness is not quite there. Most single letter sounds he knows, which is what his teacher had told us too, but I wouldn’t call it automatic for all 26, and the blending has been challenging.  He’ll get one fine, like “Sam”, but then say the next word is “cat”, if he doesn’t know it he checks out and rather than try to sound it out will say something completely different, like “and.”[/quote]

Then work on oral blending with VC "words" first. He will only be frustrated. Work up to oral blending of CVC words. Also, work on letter sound fluency. [/quote]

NP- am I the only one who does not understand this post? What are VC words?  What is sound fluency?[/quote]

VC- vowel consonant. If your child can't blend orally (without looking at letters), they will need to practice that first. Letter sound fluency is the ability to look at a letter and produce the sound. It's frustrating for a student to try to blend sounds when they are not automatic in sounds first. They will spend too much time thinking of the sound and by the time they get to blend them, they've forgotten the sound. Look into Reading Simplified's Blend As You Read to see an example of how to teach your child to blend.

Also, continue reading with your child. Don't force them to read everything. It will cause them to not want to read if you push. Just read books they are interested in and talk about them.[/quote]

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