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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3.5 year knows all his letters and letter sounds. He can spell his name and even spell some other sight words. He can not name me words that sorts with a specific letter. I could ask to name me words that starts with S and he will say snake only because that's the picture that goes with S on his puzzles, he can not name anything else that starts with S even though he knows the sound. [/quote]

Remedial reading teacher again.

Generating words that begin with a sound is not a skill that is needed for reading or writing.   All they need to do to read  is to know letter sounds, and be able to blend them together to make a word.   For writing, they need to know letter sounds, and how to segment the whole word into each sound.

"Give me 5 words that start with the sound /s/" requires a lot of complicated skills and they aren't necessarily required for reading and writing, but they might be required to complete some reading and writing worksheets or activities he might be given in class.

1) search through memory to find a word, say the word, segment at least the first sound, and compare it to the sound /s/

2)   say /s/ out loud and then search your memory banks for some words it could start.

It might be a lot easier on your child if you give him 10 possible words, and have him pick the ones that start with /s/.   [/quote]

You are describing a sequence of learning to read that is pretty specific for older readers who have very different cognitive skills from a 3.5 year old.

Totally not relevant here, and harmful to suggest. [/quote]

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