Phonics

I had never ever come across Phonics... I heard of it but never go and study about what is Phonics all about.

Ever since Xinru promotes to Nursery, she will have Phonics lesson like once a week. Certain educational toys that we bought for her, some also teaches Phonics... its just now amazing Phonics has become a aid to the kids for reading and recognizing words.

Xinru has never read a book on her own before and from what i see, there are a few words that she can just spell it out and tell you the words. So it never came across my mind that thru Phonics, she can recognize some words. I admit i am a lazy mother who don't go thru what she has learned in the school or ask her to go and study kind. hehe...

Previously i blogged that Xinru is getting her hands on Itouch and i downloaded an educational game for her. Initially when she played the game, when a picture pops up, she needs us to tell her what are the choices of words given to her then she chose the correct one because the game does not tell them what the word is.

Just over the weekend, i started noticing that she is playing the game on herself and most of the answer were correct. When she was playing the game last night, and i heard her using her phonics skill that she has learned. Out of curiousity, i asked her how did she know the answer and she tell me she sees the letter of the word, use Phonics skills and choose the answer and BINGO, the answer was right... I was kind of amazed over it... hehe