Last week my ds? teacher mentioned that since they have moved to a phonics decoding scheme it is noticeable that he cannot hear the final sound in a word. We have spent the last week doing some extra worksheets and playing word games on the computer. However, he is still struggling although it appears to be coming. Last night we read a Ladybird Phonics book, when he came to a word he didn?t know e.g. splat I encouraged him to sound it out he did and then got the word. Two or three times he said I did the words in my head. At the end, he said I can?t do it without the words as he couldn?t hear the sounds at the end.
I have also being putting ear drops in every night as he seems to have a lot of ear wax and we are going to see the GP tonight.
I have also noticed he has suddenly developed some confusion over letters b and d. I am having a quick chat with his teacher tonight. My personal feelings (I could be wrong), are that for a 4.5 year old he is doing really well and I would rather she didn?t make a big thing at the moment about not getting the sounds as he can work it out with the word present and I don?t want him upset saying he can?t do it. What do you think?