If you want book suggestions for Smallsteps, your HIVE librarian is here! Reading words isn't the same as conversation, of course, but it will build vocabulary. A dictionary with pronunciation guides is also helpful if you don't have one already.
If you want book suggestions for Smallsteps, your HIVE librarian is here! Reading words isn't the same as conversation, of course, but it will build vocabulary. A dictionary with pronunciation guides is also helpful if you don't have one already.
A dictionary is on the cards. I think she is at the age where she will have some fun with one. What is interesting with Finnish is that the language is phonetic - there are no spelling tests here.
One of my Finnish friends lived in the US for a bit when she was pre-teen, and while she couldn't speak English that well at the time, never spelled words she had read incorrectly. She would read them "as a Finn" so the spelling was clear :)
Well, there is a reason for the weirdness of English. I recommend The History of English podcast once she's a few years older. It ties together history, language, literature, and more.
In short, a lot of spellings are left over from when that was the phonetic spelling.