to object to the action for the soind 'ai' in school?!

[auntymandy]

every week ds comes home with his phoenemes(sp) each sound has an action. the action for ai is to cup your ear and say ay!

Can you think of anything better?

yabu

Who cares as long as they learn it? I bet they love it!

Don't think DS got it.

is it really worth bothering about?

i obviously am too anal!!!!

Very good idea i reckon.

It's realistic, it's aim at children, not parents. yABU

what is yabu?
my kids dont say ay and neither do I

wouldnt go in and complain just inwardly object!

Well every sound goes with a certain action, so is there anything else you could think of for ai?

yabu = you are being unreasonable

I bet they have heard other children say it. I don't say Ay and neither do my boys (actually we all say "Huh?") but Ds1 knows what it means.

ok i accept that. other people i have spoken to think its an odd thing to teach them too.

you are teaching them phonics

what is odd about that

its supposed to be fun not humdrum and pc

mine just ignore me and never ask me to repeat myself!!!!

colditz - we say "pardon?"

some phonics dont have an action at all

yes

yanbu.

I'm constantly telling dd "it's not 'Ay?', it's 'pardon'". I realised I was fighting a losing battle, but didn't know why. I do now.

YABU- it is a bit of fun and easily remembered by the children.

It's taught on the jolly phonics cd etc and it's an easy action to learn!

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YABU-Its making learning fun!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh heh heh

Just wait til you have to do the action for 'U'

No-one liked my wank reference then

I think you are nuts. Jolly phonics works and I don't think that my hearing impaired son is remotely offended by the action for ai. If he is not offended then why should you be?