L has been able to sound out cvc words for a while now but this
past month she has completely exploded in her interest and
ability to read and also to sound out words. She is really
interested in what letter sounds are in words and is constantly
breaking up words to figure out the sounds. This is the first
word she spelled out after one of our walks. Something that has
been immensely helpful has been these word family game cards. I
saw this brilliant idea on The Snail's Trail using paint chips
ages ago and bookmarked it for when we were ready. I couldn't
find the right kind of paint chips so I just used colorful
paper. These totally helped L to hear and see how different
words can change just by changing one letter. After using these
cards she is constantly thinking up different groups of words
that rhyme. Usually after school when we are sitting down for
lunch our conversation(lead by L)consists of sounding out
different words and her friends names and figuring out who has
L's in their names. She is bored of