Has anyone ever skipped lessons in the TYCTR in 100 easy lessons book? My 4yo DS was getting bored out of his mind with it even without me making him do the 1000 repetitions they ask them to do. So we skipped ahead. We are on lesson 43 after just about 3 weeks. I have looked through it but is he going to miss anything major by skipping the lessons?? He is also able to read 90% of the stories at this level without sounding out the words or "saying it slow" like they ask so I don't make him "say it slow" then "say it fast." I show him the new sound, we read the words that he hasn't read yet, read the story and answer the questions. I just don't want him to miss anything.
If he's already reading beyond the lessons, than he's probably fine. It sounds like you are working with him the way he needs it. I didn't end up using that book because we went through the first lesson and realized it would bore my son to death and back. Some kids are more natural readers than others and don't need to learn every single sound and rule individually. My older son would have needed every lesson, but the youngest somehow just gets it.
We skipped a bunch of lessons also. I would only make him say it slow then fast when he comes across something he hasn't mastered yet.
We skipped a bunch of lessons too.. My daughter got tired of the repetition so we didn't always repeat the story.. Just depends on how well she was able to read the words.. She does rather well with her reading now and I really think it's all due to this book.. We did have a love/hate relationship with it.. I loved it because i could tell she was learning, but I also hated it because I knew how much she didn't want to re-read those stories but once we got past the repetition it was great.. One thing I really wish I would have done though is the handwriting practice.. I REALLY wish we would have done that..
I'd say if he's reading beyond the book already, quit the book and move on to something else with more "meat" to it. He can get his phonics/rules in spelling.
Say it fast say it slow is for the purpose of teaching blending. It also helps with identifying the separate phonemes in the words. If your student has mastered this skill perhaps you only need todo it with the new words or words that contain new sounds.
