tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post5978242442519159097..comments2023-11-20T03:37:18.313-05:00Comments on The Knitty Gritty Homestead: Letter Love, Love LettersThe Knitty Gritty Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890656094078973552noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-13111505599462266862010-08-02T20:45:56.507-04:002010-08-02T20:45:56.507-04:00Like you, I have books all over my house so I can ...Like you, I have books all over my house so I can pick one up and read when i have a free moment. My young boys love it when I read to them to, we read many books in a day. My eldest son only started talking after 2 and now he never stops! He's now seven and half and he's showing me certain letters in books. I can see he's trying to make out what the words say. I've never put pressure on learning. It's all been imitation so far! I see how they learn so much on their own. It's amazing if one just lets children unfold when they are ready, especially boys. I'm reading the Wise Enchanter by Shelley Davidow, a journey through the alphabet. My son doesn't want me to put the book down. Have you read it? Great book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637731468344732953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-82691583712450186772010-07-28T09:55:01.882-04:002010-07-28T09:55:01.882-04:00PS - Speechtails is a web site. Great tool!PS - Speechtails is a web site. Great tool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-35705165409919516352010-07-28T09:53:44.656-04:002010-07-28T09:53:44.656-04:00I love your post!!! I have run a daycare for 16 ye...I love your post!!! I have run a daycare for 16 years as well as been a happy mom of two! I have seen so many different ages and stages in these little kiddos lives. It is great fun! I am always looking for ways to help them over obstacles. Hearing your speech delay story brings to mind a couple of them. We have been working with speechtails every week and I have seen great great improvement. I wish I would have known about this earlier in my career. My youngest son struggled with social speech and I didn't get help until Kindergarten. Like you ssid, reading is the magic key!!!!!! I don't know what we would do without books. Sounds like you are a great mom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-18272068287832557402010-07-28T08:19:50.091-04:002010-07-28T08:19:50.091-04:00Wonderful post. My brother was a late bloomer, so ...Wonderful post. My brother was a late bloomer, so I relate to this post for him. Feeling the pressure from others was hard for him growing up. He is 30 years old now and is incredibly bright, warm, interested and owns his own business/company which does very well. All children are different and it should be embraced rather than rejected.<br />I love your son's book! So beautiful!!!!Ariellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187228073968629552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-33729833449784410492010-07-28T06:18:52.985-04:002010-07-28T06:18:52.985-04:00love the drawings. i also have books scattered thr...love the drawings. i also have books scattered thruout the house with markers, where one can pick it up and read a few lines of thoreau, virgnina woolf, hemingway, nat geo, whatever whereever. xxxangelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05468153624725372262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-86021739702152441442010-07-28T01:36:08.068-04:002010-07-28T01:36:08.068-04:00What a beautiful gift. Love the illustrations. A...What a beautiful gift. Love the illustrations. A friend was just telling me how much her son loves Leo the Late Bloomer as well, I had never heard of it before but you've just reminded me I wanted to get it from the library and have a look. It sounds lovely.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988569221606506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-39051229324982196702010-07-28T00:27:28.715-04:002010-07-28T00:27:28.715-04:00Ah, this makes me think of my late blooming Eldest...Ah, this makes me think of my late blooming Eldest Son. While he could actually read fluently from a young age, he had no interest in reading for pleasure. This distressed us, his book loving parents. However, it simply represented a challenge to his eldest sister. Eldest, a devout bibliophile, would regularly select used books that she thought would interest him. A couple of years into this strategy, it worked! At age 10, he was lured into a hockey novel and he has now been converted to Bibliophilia. So, as you said, keep your house well-stocked with books, especially ones that cater to the interests of your child(ren). <br /><br />Fabulous post, Stephanie!W-S Wanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242784517253760863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-27558541742477442642010-07-27T11:31:05.841-04:002010-07-27T11:31:05.841-04:00I once entered house where there were no books and...I once entered house where there were no books and it felt very wrong. Not one. Not even a magazine! My kids are both little bookworms and I am glad for it. My girl is learning to put sounds together. Watching her sound out each letter and the lighting up when she fits them together as a word gives me the warm fuzzies. Love the make a book idea too!Stephanie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05882624961922548749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-28400968055277441322010-07-27T09:40:10.918-04:002010-07-27T09:40:10.918-04:00I love your late bloomer, and I love the book he m...I love your late bloomer, and I love the book he made with your help. The drawings are absolutely priceless. Please, can he make one for me for Christmas? :)<br />Wonderful post and so true. Our eldest was the natural reader, and the second never seemed as interested in reading on her own. I still read stories to her and showed excitement over her writing, and over trips to the library or bookstore. Suddenly, she is interested in Chapter Books, and reads to herself before she goes to sleep. She doesn't want me to turn the light out "til I finish this chapter!". Music to my ears.Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592532417364025009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-61462237187163905352010-07-27T07:51:24.246-04:002010-07-27T07:51:24.246-04:00This was so wonderful to read, my son was a late b...This was so wonderful to read, my son was a late bloomer and he is actually starting to read on his own now. We will just keep moving forward:) I love the book, it is beautiful!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08585956094647636047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-87581600518592762722010-07-27T07:11:10.625-04:002010-07-27T07:11:10.625-04:00I loved your post. I also have a son who I though...I loved your post. I also have a son who I thought was a late bloomer as compared to our nieces and friends' children (all girls). We have read to him since he was 2 days old and he always liked to spend time with a book paging through books but he showed no interest in "reading". Then one day we heard him sounding off words. We went to his room and he was sitting on his bed, half way through a Mercer Mayer book! I was amazed that he actually could read but didn't care to show us. He is 6 now and at night, I read him a book and he proudly reads a book to me. As you said, it is one of the greatest joys.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030021308185030647noreply@blogger.com