BK舊post (24)

Kitty：
都唔係呀，其實我個女6個月前都係同你仔仔差不多o乍，但係我都唔知點解佢自己會進步神速，我都唔係好勤力同佢看書，只係好勤力買書 因為成日看你o地o的post忍唔住麻！ 家裡的VCD、DVD都係亂o甘播比佢看(因為印印都係亂來的)但係佢自己可能找到看書的樂趣，我又成日在家扮看圖書，一邊看一邊笑下、扮讀下o甘(其實我係扮下o野引佢)等佢摸仿我(因為佢好鐘意扮我的。
我都係因為復活節大執書時，將之前買的OST都唔理o甘多放o西出來，先知原來佢識睇o乍。
所以我想唔o西太刻意o卦，開o左個頭佢o地小朋友會自己跟住去o架啦，因為求知慾其實係小朋友的其中一種好大的需要來o麻。
其實我在letterland好耐無發言了，因為除了好忙之外，是我自己都有一些關於letterland的問題未解決到(其中一個問題，是510問過的 關於annie apple發音的問題)，不過我個女間幼稚園上兩個月搞o左四堂免費letterland parents course，係學校個鬼婆教，我將我心裡的問題都問過佢之後，我就安落好多，所以夠膽再在le度講下o野lu
我programme two自己就看完了，但係我會取捨一些topics未必用letterland的方法教，因為講真，有某一些故事好似jokey所講，都係幾『監梗』的。

BK舊post (23)

完全同意！

YatYatmommy 寫道:
我都用咗letterland大概一年,
我覺得如果mami想自己教,
一定要對letterland好喜歡, 好熟悉,
要脫口成故事, 日常生活中引用得到,
咁樣小朋友先學得好, 記得入腦.
學校用邊種方法教ｐｈｏｎｉｃ都唔係問題．

Letterland唔同迪士尼XXX界或者其他,
佢地主要睇vcd再做excerise,
唔鍾意做excerise，可以斋睇vcd都得.
但letterland每個character自己本身都有一個故事,
尼ｄ故事，同音，每個character嘅生活，
或者兩個character一起產生嘅音，
都要家長講比小朋友聽，
仲當然要生動生鬼描述．
咁樣，如果家長唔投入，
又點可能記得咁多．
DVD只係增加趣味性，可有可無．

我最記得我係03年1月開始用，現在一年三個月多o的，我個大女現四歲二個幾月，已經好喜歡自動自覺看英文書，日日我回家都好似做librarian，幫佢插番o的書。
佢現在看ORT已經看到stage 9，唔係我讀的，是佢自己看完再用廣東話講番個故事我聽，佢重好喜歡一邊看，一邊read -aloud，雖然有些字她未必明o西，也有些拼錯音，不過我都覺得好開心。
所以我覺得對letterland的用處已經唔用再懷疑了。
可能一個programme未必適合每一個小朋友，但係就好適合我個女了。

BK舊post (22)

kctammy:
Happy to hear your good news in using Letterland, my daughter Phoebe have great improvement too!
The teachers in the kindergarten tell me they don't know Phoebe knows how to read-aloud (she can read out words but most of the time she don't know the meaning).
But one day they saw her holding a card and whispering, then one of the teacher walk near her and listen what her's whispering about. They surprise to find that she is holding a card( i don't know what's it) to read.
I think she feels happy that she can read-aloud english that make her with a kind of confidence in learning english and reading english story books too.

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BK舊post (21)

Perth:

In my opinion, those phonically difficult words are explained in Programme 2 "oo" sound and "ea" sound "e" short sound and "e" long sound, I would have a jump to tell the story about these word in order to explain these words.
In the view of children they won't know which part should be learn first and which parts are in Programme 2, so they are just some funny stories, it won't make any different to them.
BTW, when I taught about [size=medium]"when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking" to my daughter, I use the Between the Lions songs to explain it, and it wonderful, please note the following link:


http://pbskids.org/lions/songs/two_vowels_rp.html

[size=medium]When Two Vowels Go Walking

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
In "boat" you hear the "o" and not the "a"

In "meat" you hear the "e"
The "a" sits quietly
The second vowel you see but you don't say

But...
Shh!

Just the two of us together
In "train" and "pail" and "rain"
The "a" speaks up; the "i" does not
But...
Shh! Let me explain

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
In "brain" you hear the "a" but not the "i"

In "soap" the "o" is clear
The "a" you never hear
In "say" you say the "a" and not the "y"

But...
Shh! Isn't it neat?
But...
Shh! It can't be beat!
But...
Shh! It's such a dream!

Don't mean to boast
But here's a toast
We're quite a team!

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
I'm sorry, number two, it's such a shame

Although it gives you pain
The rule is very plain
When two vowels walk
The first one says its name!

But...
Shh!

Yes, when two vowels walk
The first one says its name!

Perth 寫道:
Dear Maria,
Nice to see you again. I have printed out your picture code cards you posted here for use. thanks.

I have one question. if our kids is in traditional school their dictation does not follow the level of phonic they have taught. They would have to dictate phonically difficult words like 'foot', 'teach'.

What you suggest if he come across phonically difficult word that he has to dictate? How i can taught him to dictate such words?

BK舊post (20)

Jokey2828:

You're right, for the word "orange" it shouldn't be Golden Girl with Eddy Elephant.
But Golden Girl's friend [size=medium]Gentle Ginger
[size=medium]Gentle Ginger is just as athletic as Jumping Jim, whose sound is identical to hers. But she is far less shy. She loves people watching her as she practises her gymnastic tricks in words which is why she truns up in more words than Jumping Jim. (Programme 2 Teacher's Guide P.204)
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[size=medium]Golden Girl thinks everyone should notice Gentle Ginger's gymnastic tricks in words, so she asks Mr E if he could use some of his new Blue Magic e's to light her up with sparking blue light as she does her somersaults. "Eeeasily!" cries Mr E. Gentle Ginger is so pleased to be in the limelight that she does her best somersaults every time she is next to a Blue Magic e. She also starts to say her name like this, 'ge...' for 'Gentle Ginger'.(Programme 2 Teacher's Guide P.204)

如果用magetic來併，vowels 是有些 plain letter的，magetic背後的instructions都有講o的plain letter係o甘用的，不過"g"就係得一個樣，無Gintle Ginger，亦無Golden Granny，所以是有需要做DIY的magetic letters來自己併的。
其實letterland主張小朋友自己在plain letter上面加上一些很簡單的公仔，來remind有關的讀音，並不是全部都要畫出來，又不需要畫得很仔細和美觀的。有關Picture coding的方法在Programme1的P.20及 Programme2的P.30(Wipe-clean picture-coded words)都有詳細的介紹，你可以參考看看。

BK舊post (19)

2002：

其實想有letterland的font是不可行的，因為letterland裏的letter每一個都有好幾個樣，例如letter "t"是Ticking Tess" 但又會有個叫 "Ticking Tom"係個男人來的；"g"除Golden Girl之外，重有佢個婆婆叫"Golden Granny"；Fireman Fred有個friend叫Fireman Frank.....
因為Programme1及2 會學到double consonants 但係connie話為了令小朋友容易明白，會加多一個人物。
加上letterlanders遇到唔同的letterlanders會有唔同的樣，Hairy Hat man有時頂帽會飛走，有時會掉轉頭，有時拿住影相機，有時比巫婆打，有時會笑......等等
所以如果只是將每一個letter用原本的letterlannder併埋一齊，是不能remind到小朋友有關letterland故事中的讀音的。
所以我才想出用magnetic併，但都發現有太多個唔同的樣，就算做得o西o甘多，想併時都找唔到出來，所以我想最好都是畫出來，而letterland原本都是鼓勵小朋友畫的。

BK舊post (18)

st,
我都唔知道4月6日有免費講座呀！真係走寶，不過見到你去完之後都喜歡letterland，我好開心，因為這裏會多些人分享了！
你買了的兩件東西是很實用的，真是個好開始，又唔係好貴，可以試試你孩子的反應，如果大家(你和小朋友)都喜歡，先慢慢再想買其他都未遲。
不過我想分享我近日的見解，因為我已經看完o西Early Years的Handbook，開始好認真o甘看緊Programme 1 的Teacher's Guide。我現在覺得Early Years的Handbook真的可以不買了，可以省下$330啊！因為Programme 1的Teacher's Guide是會每一個letterlanders再介紹一次的，雖然沒有Early Years般詳細，但內容都夠用了，其實有很多其他的介紹都可以自己發揮的，例如：Jumpping Jim喜歡食jelly及jam，Hairy Hat Man喜歡食Hamburger之類....。不過如果小朋友只有1歲多又另作別論，因為小朋友如果太細，有排也去不到Programme 1，Early Years的內容及活動都可以慢慢用來拖長成個stage了。
st，之前的post中我有post過關於Early Years的Handbook的內容的，你可看看才決定買不買呀！不過如果你到太古的showroom都可以慢慢看的。

Jokey2828：
你知道嗎？我真是很想聽聽其他媽媽的分享，所以一直等等等....，多些交流才可以發揮作用o麻！不過我真不忍見到letterland這題目被寫到不能回應的「昔日討論」中，所以才發表了。
你說的故事，全都都是寫在Teachers Guide中的，Letterland將每一個Phoneme都寫成一個小故事，有些會有點牽強的(我老實說)，但也有一些真是十分好的。
例如解譯到"igh"是讀"i"sound的時候：
因為Golden Girl是很喜歡giggling(Alphabet Songs都有寫，可以順道唱一下首歌)，但Hairy Hat Man就很喜歡靜(你看看他愛靜愛到沒有穿鞋就知道了，他只會whispers，從不大聲的....再加多些自由發揮的描述)；慘了！這次Golden Girl 遇上愛靜的Hairy Hat Man，點算呢？Golden Girl guggling時o米會嘈到Hairy Hat Man！？
不過唔怕，你唔記得Golden Girl是個Good Girl嗎？你估一個Good Girl遇到一個愛靜的大人是的會點做呢？(你又會點做呢？又傾下計，講下邊個邊個親戚愛靜之類)無錯啦，佢會即刻好乖o甘唔出聲架！所以"gh"走在一 起時，是無聲架！例如：although, bought, caught, though, fought.......
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Programme 2 Teacher's Guide 是這樣寫的：Golden Girl knows that Hairy Hat Man hates noise, so whenever he stands next to her in a word she keeps completely quiet. So does he. They just enjoy being silent together
而Programme2 picture code card公仔背面的灰色hints就係o甘寫： .Golden Girl and the Hairy Hat Man are almost alwys silent when they are together
所以你估Hairy Hat Man鍾唔鍾意Golden Girl？梗係鍾意啦！(乖的小朋友個個都鍾意o架，又教化下德育之類...)於是佢o地走埋一齊時會好開心，有時重忍唔住笑(laugh)o忝！不過佢 o地唔會『哈！哈！哈！』o甘笑架，因為會好嘈架o麻，佢o地只會細細聲"ffff, fff, fff,"好似個"laugh" 字o甘笑架！
例如：cough, laugh, rough, enough, laughter, tough......
Programme 2 Teacher's Guide 是這樣寫的：In one word laugh, it seems that both Golden Girl and the Hat Man cannot resist laughing softly like this, 'fff, fff, fff'. Then gh sounds just like f or ph. This also happens in the words cough, rough, tough and enough.
就係因為Golden Girl o甘乖，Hairy Hat Man好錫佢o架，佢成日會叫Ice Cream Man 企在Golden Girl的 right hand side來請Ice Cream佢食o忝！所以在gh前的i是Ice Cream 來架，"igh"於是讀"i"o刺！
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例如：bright, fight, high, righ, night, might......
我記得我看過一套BCC叫「人腦漫遊」的紀錄片，內裏講到一個外國記啤牌的比賽，訪問個冠軍點解可以在幾分 鐘內，看一次成副掉亂次序的牌後，就可以完全記得o西成副牌中每一隻的出現次序。佢話佢是用故事記憶，把每一隻排在心目一早當成一個朋友或名人，又或是一 些他喜歡的物件，當看牌時，就將那些虛擬人物或件的出現次序構思成一個故事，只要記得故事的發展，就好容易講得出每一隻牌了！有些phonics的教材是用動作，有些用歌仔，也有配合一些短短的故事，但好象letterland般把故事一直發展下去，來教o西差不多全部的Phoneme的，我就未見過了。

2002，
Early Years的Handbook內容，在這個討題的之前的post中都有分析過，也有一些內容打了出來，你可以找出來慢慢看看適合適合。內容是有齊 Alphabet Songs 及 Handwriting Songs的歌詞的，不過我現在覺得未必一定要買都OK，除非小朋友只有一歲多，想同佢玩多o的遊戲。
Action songs是一些短短的歌，提供埋動作，主要是配合小朋友喜歡一邊唱一邊做的愛好。
其中一頁的歌詞如下：
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至於第3題問題，因為我是喜歡letterland是差點有些失控的，所以magazine我都有Exercies都有....
Picture Code Card 三百幾蚊o個隻點用都曾經在這新題上新論過了，我個人就覺得有需要的，在成個programme都講也很得。不過現在看到行行媽話自己劃，又真是一個十分好的方法，也十分可行呢！所以有多些媽媽一起分享真是好！

Kammy：
如果買CD-Rom是有o西所有Alphabet Songs及 Handwriting Songs的，所以我個人認為CD-Rom較低買，畢竟$120一隻CD，在現今的市場是有點過高了。

行行媽：
好多謝你的分享，你「劃code card」的方法真是值得推介的，多謝！
我是有買Early Years Handbook的，正如我之前題過，有關這書及Programme1 Teacher's Guide的比較，現在我想Early Years是可以不買的，不知有沒有其他媽媽有另些見解，可以大家分享分享。
不過Picture Code Card是沒有Captial Letters的，只是在 First Reading Flash Cards先有，但old edition就印得好差，new edition又人物唔同，所以我都無o羊點用到，其實只要拿ABC Book來講已經可以的了。