tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post3850642892361069175..comments2024-03-29T14:04:14.316+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: Rant! Mant? Spant?!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-36250485168745839012011-02-20T23:18:30.339+00:002011-02-20T23:18:30.339+00:00Jabberwocky to them all. I tried to use that one w...Jabberwocky to them all. I tried to use that one with 11 year old girls in a very prestigious and highly achieving grammar school where I worked for nine years- and they made neither head nor tail of it. As mum to six and seven year olds, and with parents' meetings this very week, this just makes me seethe.magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-46814688679898724852011-02-20T21:25:47.363+00:002011-02-20T21:25:47.363+00:00Carolyn: I started primary school the year they go...Carolyn: I started primary school the year they got rid of the awful ITA. I remember my Mum being relieved that they had dropped it.<br /><br />Angela: I had a right ol' rant on Facebook about this stupid idea. Honestly, words aren't just sounds and markings on paper - they have meaning! I think it will confuse many children. As I said on Facebook, phonics have their place, but the English Language cannot be broken down entirely by phonics: as in plough, tough, through. The English Language is maddening, confusing, and difficult, but very beautiful. We should give our children a love of language and I don't think introducing non-words as a way of finding out if children are learning words by sight, will help one jot. Chuh! What's wrong with learning words by sight? As long as a child can read it and understand what the word means!! Grrrrr...I'll shut up now. :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097784379722861203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-66583262792175889532011-02-20T16:05:01.091+00:002011-02-20T16:05:01.091+00:00Maybe we should ask the 6 year olds to start teach...Maybe we should ask the 6 year olds to start teaching reading, I'm sure their approach would be better than this nonsense.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-77710633253821167102011-02-20T14:48:31.418+00:002011-02-20T14:48:31.418+00:00Isn't it amazing what bureaucrats can come up ...Isn't it amazing what bureaucrats can come up with - out of no knowledge of how the mind works, how people learn, how children think! Add to that, 6-year-olds can't think abstractly yet either. Oh, my, I want to go back to bed, too!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079854415508985725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-39004924567485216772011-02-20T10:02:09.604+00:002011-02-20T10:02:09.604+00:00Oh well said!
I have a hatred of phonics, partly b...Oh well said!<br />I have a hatred of phonics, partly because I was taught to read by a scheme called ITA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Teaching_Alphabet) and have always struggled with spelling ever since and partly because my daughter does not get phonics at all, but once reading clicked with her around 8 has had a well above average reading age.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142631013794952968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-31498077987778004762011-02-20T10:00:13.324+00:002011-02-20T10:00:13.324+00:00Jane pinched my idea! Only she did it better. Le...Jane pinched my idea! Only she did it better. Leave the nonsense words to Stanley Unwin please.<br /><br />Froogollin madnyosis indeedle doodleCatrionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-2072848639611159742011-02-20T01:42:07.798+00:002011-02-20T01:42:07.798+00:00Froogollin madnyosis!
Jane xFroogollin madnyosis!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-32914674908668625182011-02-20T01:11:39.577+00:002011-02-20T01:11:39.577+00:00ope you have a greta half term and that the idiocy...ope you have a greta half term and that the idiocy gets taken care of :)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352764994854290533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-76207363370615680672011-02-20T00:04:14.491+00:002011-02-20T00:04:14.491+00:00It seems all democratic governments are the same. ...It seems all democratic governments are the same. What will they think of next :oS? Hope you slept well despite your frustration.<br /><br />Blessings!<br />DeborahThe dB familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170331499885879774noreply@blogger.com