Todays post will be recycled post I did on learning how to read with Cerebral Palsy. This was originally a three part series but these post will all be below
Part one
Let me start out by saying that I love to read. It should be no surprise. These next few post will be about how I learned to read. I read in a way dispute never learning phonics . Well not in the traditional way. I know what the letters are supposed to sound like but producing those sounds is a different story. This is due to Cerebral Palsy. Not all people with CP have speech issues. They range from no problems to using speech devices to talk. I would classify myself as somewhere in the middle. I do not need a speech device but sometimes people do not understand me. This can get frustrating. I do a lot of substituting which means that I would say cat as "tat" or dog as dod. I also do this for L's and R which i replace with a W. Let me make this really clear the reason for my lack of substituting sounds has nothing to do with intelligence. I am smart just see Monday's post. Now I hear myself fine and understand myself 100 percent of the time. Now this sounds contradictory but despite being able to hear all the sounds so I can sound out words I am a bad speller. Not sure why this is but I would like to be a better speller and I want to take a spelling class in the near future. Anyway this might seem that I would be a uphill battle to make me understand reading but it really wasn't.( at least that's not what I remember)
I hated learning phonics for me it was a reminder to me that I was 'different' in fact I remember being told that by my teachers, For parents of kids with articulation delays do not stress phonics. It is helpful to know phonics but it is not required. Model the sounds read to your kids but do not stress hearing the phonics from them. People who are non verbal can still read as well as long as people know how to teach them.
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Part Two
Growing up my family had a lot of kids book lying around our house. Among with the Disney we had lots of step into reading books . Out of all of them the book I remember reading for the first time was Tiger is a Scaredy Cat.
Looking back I say it was a sad irony that I remember this book as I deal with fear. But that was my 'first independent book. I also have memories of reading this book in pre K.
Do you remember your first book What books are/were your kids favorite ,
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Post three
I was recently asked what my least favorite letter/ sound is and after much thought i think it is C
I have been working on C for a long time. It has been hard work and i have memories of trying to say Car cat cookie instead of Tar tat tootie.
I remember in K my teacher had this phonics book of letters in the alphabet. I was in a mainstreamed class and I remember her introducing the C book and explaining the sound and adding you should be able to say it. I remember asking her why I could not say C and being told I was different,
Inclusion also did wonders for my reading ability. If you have not watched my inclusion story you can watch it below.
Happy Friday guys. I have a basketball tournament this weekend, so my parents and I will be staying at a hotel near the game site tonight. It should be fun. Tune in next week for more .
I have been working on C for a long time. It has been hard work and i have memories of trying to say Car cat cookie instead of Tar tat tootie.
Do not be fooled by the Graphic "c" is a hard soud |
I remember in K my teacher had this phonics book of letters in the alphabet. I was in a mainstreamed class and I remember her introducing the C book and explaining the sound and adding you should be able to say it. I remember asking her why I could not say C and being told I was different,
Inclusion also did wonders for my reading ability. If you have not watched my inclusion story you can watch it below.
Happy Friday guys. I have a basketball tournament this weekend, so my parents and I will be staying at a hotel near the game site tonight. It should be fun. Tune in next week for more .