Bobbie -- Yeah, I think I will do that from now on. It's what I was doing before, until he started getting into the phonics lessons on Starfall, which led me to think he might be ready to start sounding words out.
For us, the double E song on starfall is the all-time-fav, lol, he busts out into song everytime he sees it anywhere we go. Looking back especially after what he showed me he knew with the new phonics puzzles yesterday, I think he's definitely
capable of learning them -- but I agree that it may just turn a fun thing that comes easy into something that looks more like a chore.
Then again, it's hard to tell because he's very much into non-fiction books about science and memorizing facts. I would think reading books about the layers of the sun would be a chore, but that's his idea of a good time, lol. (Before I realized he was gifted I fought him on checking out those types of books for almost a year before I finally broke down just to show him how boring they would be
Only to find out that he'd actually rather have a non-fiction book about science read to him everyday for a week than any cartoon-dump-truck book on the shelf, lol.)
Because I'm so weary of making it un-fun for him, I always make sure that when my husband or step-daughter wants to read with him that they do
not make him do anything he doesn't want to do, and that they do
not make him sound anything out... I always tell them, just give him the word, even when you know he knows it. They think I'm so overprotective of him, but balancing the nurture vs. pushing aspect of such a young reader is such a fine line sometimes. :-/
