The Difference Between Boys and Girls

September 15, 2006

Today Gracie, my four year old, wanted to learn to read. So we got out the ABeka K4 readers, the one where you read the letter sounds and blend words like C-A-T. By the fifth book I was wanting to quit, but she wanted to finish all ten. I rushed through the last five books, telling her the sounds of the words, though she could have done it herself.She’s known her letter sounds since she was 2 1/2, when we discovered The Letter Factory Video by Leap Frog. Forget about a phonics program. Run out and get this video, it’ll save you months of teaching letter sounds and the video is fun and entertaining, even for adults.

Now as for Timmy, my six year old, you’d think I was asking him to read French or something. I have to bribe the kid with PS2 playing time just to get him to read past five minutes.

So is this common? I’ve always heard girls are eager to learn and do seat work. I could sure use a willing student after three reluctant boys!

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Gina Conroy

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