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Message from discussion Writing before reading

Karen Tucker

More options Apr 11 2007, 9:12 am

From: "Karen Tucker" <tuckerv...@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:12:44 -0500

Local: Wed, Apr 11 2007 9:12 am

Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Writing before reading

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My son, Will, wrote lots and lots of 3-4 page illustrated books in the time
between 3 and 5. He didn't read until 7. I still have them. Sometimes he
would dictate to me and I would write them, and sometimes he would write the
words and then tell me what they said. He knew all the letters at that
point, but not necessarily what they sounded like. Of course, he didn't
spell anything but very common words, like mom, dad, his brother's names,
and his name. His name is Will, but when he wrote the word "will" he wrote
something else, I remember.

I didn't consider it writing so much as composing. Your daughter was
writing something she didn't make up, though, and that's pretty cool and
certainly okay!

Karen

On 4/11/07, Jennifer <beanmom...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My daughter, who just turned six a few days ago, is
> doing something I find interesting:

> She doesn't read, doesn't try to read. But she writes.
> She writes stories and writes in her journal.

> In the car one day she wrote the words to one of my
> favorites songs when I was a kid (I put in the spaces;
> she runs it all together):

> BUY BI MIS UMARCIN PIYE

> DIV ME TO THE LEVE

> BUT THE LEVE WUS DRY

> THEM GDL BOYS WR DRICING WISCE AND RID
> SINGINN THIS WL BE THE DAY THAT I DI TH W B TH DAY
> THAT OL DI

> Anyway, I just thought it seemed ... well, not what we
> learned in college! :) .... to be writing before
> reading, and I was curious if this was more common
> than I thought, and/or what your experiences and
> observations with that have been. I should add that it
> doesn't bother or worry me in the least; I just find
> it kind of fascinating.

> Jenny

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