"Hi Jacqueline,
I have looked over the websites and info and here is what I recommend.
First, here are two free Montessori websites to visit to print downloads that would be exactly perfect for Camille:
Next, I love to use Bob Books in conjunction with learning to read--don't let the simple drawings fool you, children love them! You can order them on Rainbow Resource; I recommend Bob Books in Color All 5 Sets for $55.95. #BOBCLR. If this is too high for the budget, then start with the First Bob Book Set.
I also recommend from Rainbow the Tactile Letters Kit for $14 #060753--they are all black and white, upper & lower case. Camille can use these to trace with her fingers to learn the letter sounds. After she can trace them on these, set up a little square container with cornmeal/cream of wheat/sand/salt so she can trace the letter into the "stuff" and gently shake to erase. After that, give her a chalkboard to practice with (all
this is so she can erase and not focus on mistakes--practice makes perfect.)
Reading A to Z is an EXCELLENT online resource that will cost you $110 for a year but is super good. It has every leveled reader book you will need starting with alphabet books right on up. It is worth the money; you can read the books online or print them out. I printed several up and use them all year in my classroom.
At home for right now, one thing you can easily do for Camille is be sure she knows how to use scissors to cut on lines. This promotes concentration, connection between the eyes/brain/hands, co-ordination, independence, and self control. If she is already doing this, give her more difficult cutting work to do. You can also use lots of plain cheap white copy paper for her to draw on and dictate her story to you and you write it out slowly for her. If you cut the paper into fourths, she will make many little booklets that she can staple the pages together by herself--try to guide her to make non-fiction booklets about things she is interested in. Lastly, play a lot of I Spy With My Little Eye--choose some specific objects and lay them on a small plain mat, name the object stressing the beginning sounds. Then say: "I spy with my little eye something that begins with ___" and she guesses which object. Auditory connection to sound is necessary for learning to read and is often neglected. Play I Spy all the time. Don't worry about teaching the names of the letters to her, only the sounds; then she can learn to put the sounds together and make words very quickly. She can spell words like up/it/on right away using those Tactile Letters from Rainbow.
May the LORD Almighty guide your decisions this weekend with these choices you have to make.
Love,
Aunt Donna"
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