3 Tips To Teach Your Child How To Read
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Learning to read at a
young age is important for the development of the child. It helps them develop
a better understand of their surroundings, allows them to gather information
from printed materials, and provides them with a wonderful source of
entertainment when they read stories and rhymes. Children develop at different
rates, and some children will develop reading skills quicker than other
children; however, what's important is that as the parent, you are keenly aware
of your child's maturity and reading level to provide them with appropriate books
and activities to help them improve.
As parents, you are
the most important teacher for your children. You will introduce your child to
books and reading. Below we have some tips to help you teach your child to
read.
Teach Your Child How
to Read Tip #1
Teach your child
alphabet letters and sounds at the same time. Studies have shown that children
learn best when they are taught the letter names and letter sounds at the same
time. In one study, 58 preschool children were randomly assigned to receive
instructions in letter names and sounds, letter sound only, or numbers (control
group). The results of this study are consistent with past research results in
that it found children receiving letter name and sound instruction were most
likely to learn the sounds of letters whose names included cues to their
sounds. [1]
When teaching your
child the letter sounds, have them slowly trace the letter, while saying the
sound of the letter at the same time. For example, if you were teaching your
child the letter "A", you would say:
"The letter A
makes the /A/ (ah) sound."
Then have your child
say the /A/ sound while tracing the letter with his or her index finger.
Teaching a Child How
to Read Tip #2
When teaching your
child to read, always emphasize with them that the proper reading order should
be from left to right, and top to bottom. To adults, this may seem so basic
that anyone should know it. However, our children are not born with the
knowledge that printed text should be read from left to right and top to
bottom, and this is why you'll sometimes see children reading from right to
left instead - because they were never explicitly taught to read from left to
right. When teaching your child how to read, always emphasize this point with
them.
Teach Your Child How
to Read Tip #3
Teach final consonant
blends first. Teaching words such "at" and "and" can lead
your child directly to learning words that rhyme with these. For example, for
"at", you can have:
Lat
Pat
Mat
Cat
Sat
Bat
Spat
Chat
For "and",
you can have these rhyming words:
Sand
Band
Land
Hand
Stand
Bland
Brand
Grand
and so on...
You can start teaching
blends once your child has learned the sounds of some consonants and short
vowel sounds. You don't need to wait until your child has mastered the sounds
of all the letters before teaching blends.
Learning to read is a
long process, but it doesn't have to be a difficult process. Broken down into
intuitive and logical steps, a child as young as two years old can learn to
read, and older children can accomplish even more.
If you've found these tips helpful and would like more resources and information check out the link above.
Notes:
1. J Exp Child Psychol. 2010
Apr;105(4):324-44. Epub 2010 Jan 25.
Learning letter names and sounds: effects of instruction, letter type, and
phonological processing skill.
Piasta SB, Wagner RK.
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
43210, USA.
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