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Tips!!!
PARENTS OF PRESCHOOLERS AND
KINDERGARTNERS by ABC READ:
When a child is starting to learn their telephone number and address, they can
start to learn to read! Teach your child the "names" of the
letters. You want your child to be able to distinguish between the
"names" and the "sounds" of the alphabet. Teach the
short vowel sounds first.
Play Games with the vowels! Once your child can identify the five vowels, you can start playing games! Use short vowel sounds. Say the sound of a short vowel, and ask your child what is the "name" of the vowel. You say the name of a vowel, and let them give you the short sound. Connect your child's new knowledge of vowels to the storybooks that you are reading to them at night! Take a simple word with a short vowel sound in their storybook, and ask them what vowel is in the word. See if they can give you another word with that same vowel. If they can not, give them a choice of two words, and ask them which of the words has the same vowel sound as the word in their story.
You do
not want to teach the "sounds" of the consonants until your child can
attach all the short vowel sounds to the consonants. When
teaching the "sounds" of the consonants, attach them to the short
vowels. Example: ( ba, be, bi and ab, eb,
ib ) Too often the consonant b sound is taught as "bu".
Once your child thinks the b is pronounced as a "bu", they have just
started a bad reading habit that for dyslexic and slower learners is very hard
to unlearn! Teach the "bu" as the first two letters of the word bug.
Print out this picture of 
for reference for your child.
If you need help, the first section of our video teaches preschoolers their
short vowel sounds in an easy quick manner.
Play games with the consonants and a vowel! Teach your child the
consonants with a single short vowel after it. POINTING TO WORDS in your child's
storybook, when you come to a word that begins with a single consonant and a single short vowel, give your child the name of the two letters and the
sound of the two letters. Example: This is a BA and it sounds like "ba".
Have your child repeat the sound. Teach the c and g with only the
vowels "a, o, u". Teach w with the "wa" with
the word wag. This helps to not confuse them early! When you feel your child is ready,
have them read the first two letters of simple words in their stories. Let your
child know that they are actually reading these two letters! Give your child two letters and see if they can think of a word that begins with these
letters. Without seeing the words, have your child spell the first two letters of words in their storybook. You put two letters on a piece of
paper, and have your child read it to you. Have your child put on a piece of paper as many consonant vowel
combinations of letters in a "make-up
word" as long as they want...... and you have to read the word. THEY GET A PRIZE IF
YOU CAN'T READ IT!
These games can be played during the day without a book. Give each other a
sound to spell, or the spelling of a sound that the other one has to pronounce. Say the name of something in the room, and count to see how many letters your child can distinguish in the word. Your child can also have
you spell the hardest word that they can think of! Write the word on a piece of paper. Look the word up in the
dictionary.... if you are not sure! They will love it when you are wrong!!!
With our video tapes, you are going to get the thrill of teaching a complete reading program to your
child when they are ready!
While you and your child are sharing
pleasant moments together, your child will be learning correct reading skills, and
associating reading with fun!!!
HAVE FUN READING!!
BABS & KNOBBY
If you need more information or help, please e-mail us at babs@abcread.com
ENJOY, HAVE FUN READING AND A FUN LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!!
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