As children become familiar with letters and their sounds, the next step is putting them together, in other words, learning to read. There are many things a parent can do from their child's earliest years on to help him or her master this important skill, and also to instill a love of books in the child. These pointers explain how to teach your kid to read in a way that matches his or her stage of development.
A love of books can be instilled from infancy if parents make a point of reading often to their children. Colorful board books with interesting pictures and possibly elements that involve touch, smell, or sound as well, are an excellent choice. Asking children open-ended questions about the story, although they will not respond at this age, helps to stimulate critical thinking.
As the child becomes a toddler, it's important to make sure that books are among his or her playthings. Sturdy, washable books that the child can easily look through on their own are recommended. Having a home book collection, or visiting the library every week teaches kids that books are something good to have around.
The best place to start in terms of word and sound association awareness is to simply point out the words while reading. The child cannot yet sound out the word, but it does help him or her recognize the connection to the arrangement of lines on the pages and what is being spoken. This lays a basic foundation upon which the parent can continue to build on by next teaching the alphabet.
The lower case letters should be taught first because they are used more often than capitals. Once a child can identify the lower and upper case letters by name, he or she is ready to be taught which sounds that letter makes. Pointing to pictures in a book or actual objects that begin with each letter is an effective visual learning strategy to help kids learn this.
Using rhymes is a fun way to help kids recognize the letters and their sounds. Children will begin to see patterns of how certain letter combinations produce specific sounds, a key step in early word identification. Implicit phonics, that is identifying a word by its sound, size, first and last letters should be the first priority, and once the child is proficient at matching letters and sounds, he or she can practice breaking words down into syllabic sounds, which is explicit phonics.
One of the first steps to learning to read is called decoding, which involves the child sounding out each letter in a word and blending them together. Rhyming can be useful in this respect as well. Vocabularies are built as the child matches pictures to words. This must be done before moving on to word comprehension.
Comprehension refers to an understanding of the events described in a story. When children have a reasonable grasp on word use and meaning, this is the next aspect of reading to approach. An easy way to develop reading comprehension skills is to simply ask the child to describe what happened in the story, and ask questions about the actions and feelings of the characters.
A love of books can be instilled from infancy if parents make a point of reading often to their children. Colorful board books with interesting pictures and possibly elements that involve touch, smell, or sound as well, are an excellent choice. Asking children open-ended questions about the story, although they will not respond at this age, helps to stimulate critical thinking.
As the child becomes a toddler, it's important to make sure that books are among his or her playthings. Sturdy, washable books that the child can easily look through on their own are recommended. Having a home book collection, or visiting the library every week teaches kids that books are something good to have around.
The best place to start in terms of word and sound association awareness is to simply point out the words while reading. The child cannot yet sound out the word, but it does help him or her recognize the connection to the arrangement of lines on the pages and what is being spoken. This lays a basic foundation upon which the parent can continue to build on by next teaching the alphabet.
The lower case letters should be taught first because they are used more often than capitals. Once a child can identify the lower and upper case letters by name, he or she is ready to be taught which sounds that letter makes. Pointing to pictures in a book or actual objects that begin with each letter is an effective visual learning strategy to help kids learn this.
Using rhymes is a fun way to help kids recognize the letters and their sounds. Children will begin to see patterns of how certain letter combinations produce specific sounds, a key step in early word identification. Implicit phonics, that is identifying a word by its sound, size, first and last letters should be the first priority, and once the child is proficient at matching letters and sounds, he or she can practice breaking words down into syllabic sounds, which is explicit phonics.
One of the first steps to learning to read is called decoding, which involves the child sounding out each letter in a word and blending them together. Rhyming can be useful in this respect as well. Vocabularies are built as the child matches pictures to words. This must be done before moving on to word comprehension.
Comprehension refers to an understanding of the events described in a story. When children have a reasonable grasp on word use and meaning, this is the next aspect of reading to approach. An easy way to develop reading comprehension skills is to simply ask the child to describe what happened in the story, and ask questions about the actions and feelings of the characters.
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