1) 10 sight words. At age 3, and even prior to this point, Mat has the capability to memorize small, simple words as pictures and therefore read basic sentences based on her sight word memory. Sentences like "I can run" and "you go" are easily read once each of the individual words are memorized.
I will work with the Dolch pre-primer word list and work from there. The entire list has 220 words. My initial goal is 10 words. Once she knows 10, I will build from there. Below is the pre-primer set of words.
2) Patterns. We are still working on recognizing and repeating patters. She's really good at vocally repeating a musical pattern. I plan to associate clapping or humming with a pattern to emphasize the repetition. She sees an AB pattern but when laid out as ABABA she cannot say that B comes next. She thinks the pattern has ended, that continuation does not exist.
3) Tricycle. At age 3, Mat should be able to ride her tricycle. With our long driveway here in A2, Mat has plently of space to practice. She also received a balance bike for her birthday so we can practice steering with that as well.
Those are my goals for this month. I hope to provide updates throughout the month and then a summary at the end of the month.
balance bikes are so great! We took the gears and pedals off a donated bike for my first son, and less than 6 months later he was riding a 2 wheeler independently. My second son was the same way, except he was on a 2 wheeler just after his 3rd birthday!!
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