In today's society, it is imperative that parents' do not rely solely on the school system to teach their children to read. Parents have a responsibility to supplement their children's learning. If you want to make sure that your children learn to read and write well, here are some steps you can take to help your children to be more prepared in school.
Instructions
1. Allow your child to play and learn. Children's work is play. It is by play and interacting with other children, that children learn listen, talk, read and even write. As children communicate through sounds and gestures that they make, they develop their listening and speaking skills.
2. Observe her as she plays. You will discover what her interests are and from there, you can build upon that knowledge and begin to develop a learning plan to help your child learn to read and write.
3. Teach your child the alphabet. Have her to point to each letter and say what the letter is. This will help you to know what your child has already learned through interaction and play. Also, If your child has a short attention span, try to make the learning time fun and interesting for her by telling stories or saying words that relate to the alphabet. You can also hold up the alphabet flash cards for your child. If your child gets any of the letters wrong, you may want to place those particular cards to the side, after telling her what the letter really is and then repeat the process until she has mastered the alphabet.
4. Teach your child consonants and short and long vowel sounds, by writing them down or by using flash cards. Show your child each card and say the sound for each short vowel sound for your child and then have him repeat it for you. This should be done, of course, after your child has mastered all of his alphabet letters.
5. Begin teaching your child sound out words by saying the consonant sounds and blending the consonant sounds with the one and two vowel sounds to form the words. Explain to your child what a syllable is, so that she can learn to break the words up into portions to make it easier to sound the word. After you demonstrate blend consonants and vowels together, allow your child to try. Point to the word and each letter as she works on blending the sounds together.
6. If your child has mastered all of the basic sounds, he may be ready to move on to learning special phonics sounds. You will teach those to your child as well by following the same process as when you taught your child the sounds of vowels and consonants. Continue teaching him to sound out new words as he learns, using the new special phonics sounds.
7. Teach your child to write the new words that she is learning. You can use lined paper or invest in an alphabet writing book, designed to help children learn to write by outlining the letters. Make sure that you are encouraging her along the way. This will make her want to learn even more.
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