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Mar 11, 2013
How to Learn to Read - 3 Tips
## 1. Develop Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Skills Developing phonemic awareness and phonics skills are the first fundamental steps an emerging reader will need to take when starting to read. Phonemic awareness gives children the essential listening skills to become aware that speech is made up of individual sounds and that these sounds make up syllables and words. Phonics skills help children understand the link between certain individual and combination sounds and letters – otherwise known as the alphabetic principle. ## 2. Learn to recognise Sight Words Learning to recognise Sight Words is one of the most important first steps...
Mar 05, 2013
3 Tips for Reading Books to Children
When reading books to children it’s important to make sure they are given all the support they need. Some helpful tips to make sure your child learns to read effectively include: ## 1. Provide a good reading example When reading to your child, make sure you read clearly, remembering to modulate your tone and place emphasis when needed. This is important as your reading voice provides your child with a vocal model from which they can learn how to pronounce words correctly and how and when to account for changes in tone and punctuation. ## 2. Be available to help...
Mar 04, 2013
Learning to Read Books
When learning to read, children need books that are engaging, provide an adequate challenge to their current reading skills, and most importantly, books that they will enjoy and encourage them to keep reading. ## Starting out Emergent readers are still at the stage where they are developing their phonemic awareness and phonics skills, that is, the awareness of the individual sounds in words (called phonemes) and how these sounds link to individual and combinations of letters. Nursery Rhymes are a great way to build these crucial skills and also introduce your child to rhyme. Learning through repetition is one of...
Mar 01, 2013
Phonics Games for Kindergarten
Try these three fun phonics games perfect for children just starting to read in kindergarten or pre-school: ## Letters Race You will need a magnetic board or fridge, magnetic letters of the alphabet, and some open space for this game. Set up the magnetic board on one side of the room and the magnetic letters on the other side. Call out the letter name, or sound, or even a word starting or ending in a particular letter, and ask your child (with a ready, set, go!) to pick out the correct magnetic letter and stick it on the board. You...