post test and a new step

It's been a while since I posted!  My student completed the post test for step one with flying colors.  I was concerned about getting the whole lesson in within the hour but found that to not be a problem.  I will need to review the notes on doing a post test but I believe I did everything I was supposed to do.  It seemed suspiciously simple so I'm sure I'll find I did something wrong!  We started step 2.  There is a lot to teach in step 2.1 - we learned 8 new welded sounds.  They're called the three finger welded sounds (ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk)  I wonder why they are all introduced at once since it seems to be leading to some confusion for my student who already struggles with short vowel sounds.  She was a trooper and completed the first two lesson - both of which are introductory lessons.  In the second lesson I taught her the concept of closed syllables - syllables with only one vowel followed by (or closed in by) one or more consonants.  She seemed to understand the concept readily and quickly learned how to do the marking up of those words.  It's nice to be teaching a student who can quickly grasp concepts!  I think we'll be on this substep for a while since we have so much to master.  My student made delightful illustrations for the welded sounds.  For "honk" she drew a picture of her mother's school bus with her mother honking the horn!