my parents were teachers
so taught from day one. It does bemuse me when children go to school unable to read or know basic letters though. Five years worth and the parents haven't bothered even with regular storybooks/ tracing words etc
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:08, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

But everyone should do it regardless of whether they're teachers. There's no excuse.
My mum was married at 17 and had me at 18. She was a hairdresser.
It's not difficult to give a kid the basics. Just singing it at them usually does the trick.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

that's what I'm saying :)
all you have to do even is just read storybooks to them, and make sure they trace the words. Play the Alphabet song etc.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

Sesame Street was good, except for the 'zee' thing...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

my mum wouldn't let me watch Sesame Street in case I picked up Americanisms
I like, totally, showed her.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

My friend keeps saying 'zee' when he's spelling
I've managed to convince absolutely everyone to say 'What?' every single time he says it now, he's starting to get quite frustrated.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:36, Reply)

The music was ace though
We've got an audio tape of me singing 'I'm Gonna be a Country Girl Again' in the style of Bufy Sainte Marie. Because of Sesame Street.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 12:38, Reply)