Surprise! It's the little things...

Step 1 of All About Spelling level 1 is to learn all the letter sounds.  Seems easy enough, right?  E has two sounds.  A, I, and U have three.  O has four.  And then there is Y.  It has a consonant sound and three vowel sounds.  We took our time and worked on learning the sounds rather than jumping ahead like I wanted to.

Recently I decided 9yo was ready to move to the next step.  It seemed to be a breeze.  Step two - check.  Step three - check.  Step four.  I scheduled one day.  Um, several days later and we're still on the same step and probably will be for another week.  It seemed so simple.  Say the sound(s) of a letter and have the child write that letter.  She had problems with letters like c (two sounds /k/ and /s/) and k (one sound /k/).  When I said /k/ and /s/ she got confused and wanted to write a K rather than a C.  It's the little things that catch you by surprise.

But, this is good.  It's good to know that this is a struggle.  And, it's good to take the time to master it before we move on.  Once she masters this she will be able to move forward with more skill and confidence.