Advice needed pls... not sure if i'm in the right category but..

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DD is 3yrs 8mths, knows her alphabet and can spell a few words, she loves to read and shes knows a few words in a book... i want to know how to take this further with her learning. Is this normal for a child of DD age??

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I've done as Ketal suggests. Dd (3) is keen on writing but writes her letters all back to front etc. I got a few workbooks with tracable letters/numbers etc and left them in her rack. Some days she gets them out and so she is gradually learning to write her letters properly.

Dd has also enjoyed using this free educational website: starfall.com

I think some children take their interests very seriously (in bursts) and pursue them in a way which naturally looks more like study than play (speaking from experience). It's not something I would push but I wouldn't discorouge it either.

Thanks Acinoynx - I don't want to push her but she loves doing her letters etc - work books i've brought are for her to do at her own leisure.

Will let her have alook at starfall.com thanks x

I've been very torn over how much to get involved with dd's reading and writing. The writing was a watershed in that I really felt I had to get involved. If she keeps writing in her own peculiar way I'm afraid that when she starts school it will be hard to unlearn the bad habits. She doesn't take instruction well at all but 'believes' books and will copy the little arrows on the tracable letters.

I remember even when I was very young wanting to pursue something seriously and being fed up at being fobbed off with more playful alternatives. Study (in moderation) IS a kind of play to some children.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think you are quite right to want to actively support your dd's enthusiasm. When you have your own dc right there in front of you it is easy to see which learning styles they enjoy most.

Thanks yes thats exactly it.

Although she won't be doing much like that at the moment. Shes just had a minor asthma attack, being diagnosed with another chest infection and croup

Oh poor love. It's horrible when they are sick, isn't it?

TBH it was really scary seeing her like it just now.

Shes laying on sofa watching Winnie the Pooh.

How is your dd Muppet, is she getting better?

Hiya,

Shes perked up alot so her steriods must be helping her, shes still struggling abit, but wants to go to school today - so will send her for a couple of hrs this afternoon - i have a funeral to go to and DP is doing the xmas shopping. Shes currently watching Santa Claus the movie