the following took place tonight after dinner ...
Big Z clicked open an Internet Explorer window, which automatically opened up Google and then typed in 'thomas and friends'. i was pleasantly surprised. granted, it was (yet another) round of Thomas, but yea, the Mummy had a bit of a thrill and a 'proud of son' moment just now. i already know he can spell, recognize and read the word 'Thomas', occasionally able to read 'and' (yea, i know ... that should have come first, right?), but that was the first time he had typed out 'friends', able to spell it correctly. his favourite 3 words then - thomas and friends - and complete with spaces between the words. am now happy because, though it isn't much at all, at least, i now know he can spell something else besides his name, Thomas, James, Percy, Gordon, Emily, Edward and zoo. LOL am also happy because he knows to space out the words and identifying the spacebar as the key to space them out.
he'll be 5 in august. i'm so eager to see him able to read a complete sentence on his own. and not just by memory of the story. he does this at times, but i know that it's purely from memory, not exactly him reading the words one by one.
tell me, at what age should kids be starting to read? (if he can spell - albeit his favourite words - he should technically know how to read too, yes?) and at what point should a parent start to worry?
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Well done Zarif!..I don't think parents should worry about their kids can read until they start school. Say, at 6 or 7 yrs old. Umar can read but 'lazy' to spell anything on his own :-P Always ask us to spell for him, esp. when he's on the computer to google something that he likes. And yeah except for his Thomas, James, Percy,....his name, and his brother's name. I'm sure Zarif will be able to read independently soon.. :-)
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