In the back of my mind, there's almost always an undercurrent of thought looking for ideas for new videos for kids. I know that everyone reads most words by sight, not by sounding out the words. For example, when you read the word "STOP," you don't look at the ST combination, sound it out, add on the AH sound for the O and then finish off by adding the P sound at the end. No, what we do is recognize the basic shape of the word. This is how we can read as quickly as we do. We actually read several words at a time, piecing together - not individual words - but whole sentences.
That is the basis behind "sight words" or "frequency words." Kids need to know them just by glancing at them, not actually reading them.
As I was driving along with my 3 year old in the back seat, I remembered some of the first words either of my boys learned to read. They were the words they see from their carseats as we drive along! STOP, YIELD, SCHOOL BUS STOP AHEAD, SPEED LIMIT....
With that, I had the idea for my next video!
I had another idea floating around in the back of my head for my next video, as well. My 6 year old has been taking piano lessons for a few months, now, and has gotten pretty good (for a 6 year old, anyhow.) It's going to take me a few days to gather all of the pictures I need for the video, and in that time, I'm going to see if there's a "public domain" song he can play for the background music!
Like I said, I'm always looking for new ideas, so if you have an idea that you think would fit in with the educational videos, let me know in the comments below!
Thanks!
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