Originally Posted by LMom
If it makes you feel better our older one (DYS) could remember words at this age but couldn't sound them out. He "only" recognized words he remembered. As a matter of fact he never sounded out words, not even later on.

My kids are now 13 � and 11 � and sounding out words are still not an area of strength. If they don�t recognize it, they can botch it up pretty well! My husband is the only one in our family with phonetic proficiency!

Good for your DD!