The developing mind
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I find it fascinating as kids learn to read - I mean, we don't actually teach them to read, they just somehow 'get it' I jut volunteered to do some reading groups at The Boy's(TM) school a few times a week - and I can't wait! Once you can read, it's hard to imagine looking at words and not being able to read them - most words you simply can't stop yourself from reading. fascinating stuff! some stats that came up in talking about this: 80% of all words begin with only 10 different letters 70% of all words end with only 6 different letters Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words Most 7-8 year olds can spell Bum, Poo and Wee * all words means all words in ordinary english prose.
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I find it fascinating as kids learn to read - I mean, we don't actually teach them to read, they just somehow 'get it' I jut volunteered to do some reading groups at The Boy's(TM) school a few times a week - and I can't wait! Once you can read, it's hard to imagine looking at words and not being able to read them - most words you simply can't stop yourself from reading. fascinating stuff! some stats that came up in talking about this: 80% of all words begin with only 10 different letters 70% of all words end with only 6 different letters Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words Most 7-8 year olds can spell Bum, Poo and Wee * all words means all words in ordinary english prose.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words
That's probably true of adult conversation. Just that it's a different list. ;P
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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I find it fascinating as kids learn to read - I mean, we don't actually teach them to read, they just somehow 'get it' I jut volunteered to do some reading groups at The Boy's(TM) school a few times a week - and I can't wait! Once you can read, it's hard to imagine looking at words and not being able to read them - most words you simply can't stop yourself from reading. fascinating stuff! some stats that came up in talking about this: 80% of all words begin with only 10 different letters 70% of all words end with only 6 different letters Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words Most 7-8 year olds can spell Bum, Poo and Wee * all words means all words in ordinary english prose.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
I jut volunteered to do some reading groups
A 5 for that to counter the jokes above and below. Very good deed. ... But the jokes are still funny!
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
I jut volunteered to do some reading groups
Lucky it's not a spelling group!! Seriously though... have fun with that!! Giving your kids time is the best thing you can do for them!! I liked to read Dr Seuss for them when they were younger...
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I liked to read Dr Seuss for them when they were younger...
I love some of those books..We were given the Dr. Seuss Book "Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go!: A book to be read in Utero[^]" when The Boy (TM) was but a glimmer - and it was great fun reading it to the lump - and reciting it when he was tiny always calmed him down. Baby Oh baby the places you'll go The worlds you will visit The friends you will know The horn tooting apes from the jungles of Jorn Will hoot a big toot on the day you are born
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Most 7-8 year olds can spell Bum, Poo and Wee
Most 5-90 year olds still laugh at bum, poo and wee
Typical n-tiered architecture: DB <-> Junk(0) <-> ... <-> Junk(n-1) <-> Pretty
snigger!
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words
That's probably true of adult conversation. Just that it's a different list. ;P
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
Lol (as, apparently, these youngsters say!)
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I liked to read Dr Seuss for them when they were younger...
I love some of those books..We were given the Dr. Seuss Book "Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go!: A book to be read in Utero[^]" when The Boy (TM) was but a glimmer - and it was great fun reading it to the lump - and reciting it when he was tiny always calmed him down. Baby Oh baby the places you'll go The worlds you will visit The friends you will know The horn tooting apes from the jungles of Jorn Will hoot a big toot on the day you are born
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My personal favourite is Fox in Socks!!
Silence is golden... but duct tape is silver!! Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
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My personal favourite is Fox in Socks!!
Silence is golden... but duct tape is silver!! Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
When I ws a kid it was Rhymes, Riddles and Nonsense, which I'd love to get again. it had such greats as What's big, red and eats rocks? and Why do birds fly south in winter? My favourite for reading to The Boy (TM) has been One fish Two Fish and the ABC book Big B little b what begins with B? barber, baby, bubbles and a bumble bee! What's not to love!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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When I ws a kid it was Rhymes, Riddles and Nonsense, which I'd love to get again. it had such greats as What's big, red and eats rocks? and Why do birds fly south in winter? My favourite for reading to The Boy (TM) has been One fish Two Fish and the ABC book Big B little b what begins with B? barber, baby, bubbles and a bumble bee! What's not to love!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
_Maxxx_ wrote:
What's big, red and eats rocks?
A big, red rockeater!!
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Why do birds fly south in winter?
Because it's too far to walk!! Bwahahahaha... We have the hardcover box set... and a few softcover ones also...
Silence is golden... but duct tape is silver!! Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
I jut volunteered to do some reading groups
A 5 for that to counter the jokes above and below. Very good deed. ... But the jokes are still funny!
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
Well, you have to laugh! The Boy (TM) was writing a story the other day - he'd been asked to write one about what he'd done at the weekend, and was doing one about going to the skate park with his Dad (bless!) Head down, concentrating, coming up occasionally to ask how to spell words, all was good. Then he stops, looks up, and says "Dad, how do you spell 'Doofus'?"
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Between 50% and 75% of all words in (children's) prose fall within a list of between 100 and 220 words
That's probably true of adult conversation. Just that it's a different list. ;P
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
George Carlin had a list of the 7 most common. ;)
Martin Fowler wrote:
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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George Carlin had a list of the 7 most common. ;)
Martin Fowler wrote:
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Numbers 8 and 9 are boom and tish ?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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George Carlin had a list of the 7 most common. ;)
Martin Fowler wrote:
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
what the fsck are you kids on about now? fargin ice holes! Wait, that wasn't carlin, that was johnny dangerously, whose last name is an adverb.
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Numbers 8 and 9 are boom and tish ?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
and 10 would be 'Bazinga!'
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')