This is very interesting Val, except in my case I cannot reliably recall that info. I never "schooled" my dd and to be honest one day she just knew how to read. I don't remember these steps of learning to sound words. I don't think she ever did. She just started reading whole words and kept going. She was reading Dr. Seuss books by the age of 3 on her own. Chapter books by maybe 4 1/2 or 5.
She did not start writing until she started school at the age of 6 1/2.
I think I need to start writing things down.
