Have to say, I lol'ed at this.
Oh, what I would have given to have been sent to a quiet little private school with a nurturing environment and civilised folk. I probably suffered post-traumatic stress disorder for a few years.
Learning to read
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Oh, what I would have given to have been sent to a quiet little private school with a nurturing environment and civilised folk. I probably suffered post-traumatic stress disorder for a few years.
I have no memories of starting to read, but I suppose it was at first grade (aged 6), as it was the normal way here. In Kindergarten (3 to 6) you had nothing to do with reading/ writing at that time, besides maybe someone reading a story now and than while sitting with all kids in circle around the adult.
The only thing I remember is having to write letters again and again and again, while sitting in an adjoining room to the classroom at a looooooong table and when you were not absolutly precize it was not good, the teacher rubbed it out again and you had to start anew....and got no sticker.
TerokNor
The only thing I remember is having to write letters again and again and again, while sitting in an adjoining room to the classroom at a looooooong table and when you were not absolutly precize it was not good, the teacher rubbed it out again and you had to start anew....and got no sticker.
TerokNor
I apparently learned to read around age 4 or so. An aunt tells the story of how my mom was talking about how well I could read. My aunt didn't believe her so she handed me The Godfather and told me to open it. I did and started reading.
That'll teach your aunt to make your mother an offer she couldn't refuse.
I don't remember anything about learning to read, but do remember learning to compose sentences at school. We had things a bit like Scrabble letter trays only for words, and we just put words down in the right order, and the teachers custom made any personal words we needed (in fact writing this I can almost remember them cutting them out!)
Ironically I slightly struggle with this these days, my fingers are often a few words out of sync with my brain and I miss the odd word out!
Ironically I slightly struggle with this these days, my fingers are often a few words out of sync with my brain and I miss the odd word out!
I was relatively old. I was six (First grade). Many of the other children already had some experience with Sesame Street, flash card exercises, etc. and quite a few of the little girls had been reading two or three years already.
The process began with writing each letter, vowels first, and memorizing all of the corresponding sounds. Consonants next. Then writing the alphabet in both upper and lower case. Then came sounding out written words. The next year, the school invested in Hooked on Phonics for the early grades, and used it on us to improve our reading comprehension.
The process began with writing each letter, vowels first, and memorizing all of the corresponding sounds. Consonants next. Then writing the alphabet in both upper and lower case. Then came sounding out written words. The next year, the school invested in Hooked on Phonics for the early grades, and used it on us to improve our reading comprehension.
Reading Rainbow was still years from being in existence when I was starting out and so was Sesame Street, so I'd have to give a lot of credit to the Summer Reading Club programs at the local libraries for encouraging kids to read and to read lots of different things. My brothers and I were consistently among those with the most books read each summer, but we were having so much fun we would have done it even if no one was keeping count.
I was too old for Sesame Street. Most of the kids in my kindergarten class had trouble just learning the alphabet. I do remember that all of that was no problem.
For a while, Dad would take us (me, my brother, and my sister) to the library. My brother and sister would check out a couple of books; I’d check out 10--of course, they were kids books, so they were short and simple. I’d read mine and theirs and run out. I asked to look at the “older” books at the library, those not in the children’s section, because the children’s books “didn’t last long enough.” Then we stopped going to the library because my Dad couldn’t get the other two to enjoy it, even when he’d read to them. They just weren’t interested. Needless to say, I lost out yet again due to the actions/inactions of my siblings.
For a while, Dad would take us (me, my brother, and my sister) to the library. My brother and sister would check out a couple of books; I’d check out 10--of course, they were kids books, so they were short and simple. I’d read mine and theirs and run out. I asked to look at the “older” books at the library, those not in the children’s section, because the children’s books “didn’t last long enough.” Then we stopped going to the library because my Dad couldn’t get the other two to enjoy it, even when he’d read to them. They just weren’t interested. Needless to say, I lost out yet again due to the actions/inactions of my siblings.
YES. That show was also the first place I saw anything Trek-related, though I didn't get into Trek until I was a few years older.
^Oh hush up, you whippersnappers.
I only discovered Reading Rainbow when I started baby-sitting the neighbor's kids---I was a senior in high school.
I only discovered Reading Rainbow when I started baby-sitting the neighbor's kids---I was a senior in high school.
I have, to this day, never seen a single bit of Reading Rainbow.
The shows that taught me the most when I was a kid? Schoolhouse Rock, of course. And this:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qAM6YU3N1g[/yt]
The shows that taught me the most when I was a kid? Schoolhouse Rock, of course. And this:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qAM6YU3N1g[/yt]
WOW. That brings back memories!
I remember very clearly watching The Electric Company and this strange little bit they did in nearly every episode.
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TVPMhPRTmJOdUQ/HUwEoCwDxmFtAy
I remember very clearly watching The Electric Company and this strange little bit they did in nearly every episode.
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TVPMhPRTmJOdUQ/HUwEoCwDxmFtAy
My mother had LOTS of books around us..from children's picture books to Shakespeare.. I was sick a lot as a youngster, so I learned how to read with my mother's help at 3....and by the time I was in second grade, I was reading at a college level. Books were often the only entertainment I had available..So I read voraciously..thank God for the Scholastic Book catalog..every month I ordered 3 books and read em..then re-read ones I had read before...
lots of fun...(quiet fun)
lots of fun...(quiet fun)
Oh, I LOVED when that book catalogue would come out, or when the book fair came to our school!
I always hated getting that book order form. Money was tight when I was a kid, so my father would let me order only one book, if he let me order any. I always wanted so many of them it was hard to choose only one. 
Fortunately, my mother was an avid reader in her own right, so wherever we lived, we went to the library regularly. I always had plenty of books to read. I simply wanted to own them, too.
Fortunately, my mother was an avid reader in her own right, so wherever we lived, we went to the library regularly. I always had plenty of books to read. I simply wanted to own them, too.
You wacky barbarians!He's called Fantonald in NorwegianOooooh, that takes me way back! I was a big fan of Duck Avenger/Paperinik (for some reason he was called Phantomias in Germany)
Hey, thanks for posting that. I haven't seen that in at least thirty years, and it brings back memories.
I apparently learned to read around age 4 or so. An aunt tells the story of how my mom was talking about how well I could read. My aunt didn't believe her so she handed me The Godfather and told me to open it. I did and started reading.
That'll teach your aunt to make your mother an offer she couldn't refuse.
I cannot believe I didn't see that coming. I'm so disappointed in myself.
Oh, I LOVED when that book catalogue would come out, or when the book fair came to our school!
The scholastic book order is one of my fondest memories too. We never had much money when I was a kid but my mom books were the one thing my mom would always splurge on. It was like Christmas coming into the classroom and finding your Scholastic book order on your desk. My box was always the biggest, and I loved that!
Now I am feeling guilty that I didn't buy my kids more from the Scholastic books catalogues .
I usually only allowed my children to pick once book each but some months I couldn't even afford that. This isn't to say that my children didn't have plenty of books but the majority of them were bought secondhand or at book sales. Each year I would take my children to the book sale at the main library. Children's books were about 50c and I would give my children $5 each to spend.
. I usually only allowed my children to pick once book each but some months I couldn't even afford that. This isn't to say that my children didn't have plenty of books but the majority of them were bought secondhand or at book sales. Each year I would take my children to the book sale at the main library. Children's books were about 50c and I would give my children $5 each to spend.
I apparently learned to read around age 4 or so. An aunt tells the story of how my mom was talking about how well I could read. My aunt didn't believe her so she handed me The Godfather and told me to open it. I did and started reading.
That'll teach your aunt to make your mother an offer she couldn't refuse.
I cannot believe I didn't see that coming. I'm so disappointed in myself.
Don't worry; just never let "the family" down again...
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