teaching a child to read

[AHarvey]

Hi all,

My daughter is 3, can do the alphabet and knows the sound of most of the letters too.

she loves books, won't go to bed unless there's one under her pillow, we read 10+ stories a day and considers the library I treat. She is desperate to read herself.

We are showing her words as well as going over the sounds of words etc but does anyone have any advice on proper teaching methods for it? Interactive websites etc?

 

[Maccapacca]

Phonics worked wonders for our two

 

[AHarvey]

Yeah we have the leap frog videos (phonics farm etc) and a leap frog pen that can read the books with her and let's her practice her letters. She loves them.

 

[muttclugg]

Our 4 year old has picked it up really fast. At school they use phonics. Have a look through google and see what look's best.

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sour...pv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=learning+to+read+with+phonics

 

[Maccapacca]

Jolly Phonics rings a bell

 

[Maccapacca]

a a a a
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kicking k

 

[chief barker]

Errr let the nursery teach her words duh.

 

[wez130]

Phonics as already said a gazillion times.

 

[Maccapacca]

Errr let the nursery teach her words duh.

I see in the future your children still wearing velcro shoes at 16

 

[Kosmiche]

Show her Finnegans Wake.

 

[chief barker]

I see in the future your children still wearing velcro shoes at 16

My children are aged 22, 18 and 13.

They all still wear velcro shoes

I do too

 

[Maccapacca]

Show her Finnegans Wake.

I must have picked an easy paragraph because started sort of getting into it then this happened

 

[Maccapacca]

I wouldn't know if I had broken any OCUK rules

 

[mollymoo]

Put the subtitles on the TV, works wonders.

 

[doofer]

The Complete Works of Glaucus.

 

[twist3d0n3]

The Complete Works of Glaucus.

 

[stopper]

I see in the future your children still wearing velcro shoes at 16

 

[Orionaut]

Hi all,

My daughter is 3, can do the alphabet and knows the sound of most of the letters too.

she loves books, won't go to bed unless there's one under her pillow, we read 10+ stories a day and considers the library I treat. She is desperate to read herself.

We are showing her words as well as going over the sounds of words etc but does anyone have any advice on proper teaching methods for it? Interactive websites etc?

My Mum started me with the Ladybird series of books (Combined with the various visual aids/posters etc) when I was two.

This was the early 60's however, but it worked for me and there is no reason why a similar strategy shouldn't work for you.

I had read the Hobbit by the time I was four (And a lot more besides. As far as my unfortunate primary school teachers were concerned I was a horrible child! After all what would some poor female primary school teacher in the late 60's know about answering questions asked by a 6/7 year old about Nuclear Fission anyway! )

Unfortunately, while I learned to read, I never really learned "Literacy" I cannot really write and my reading isn't actually as good as I might have implied. I tend to skim read. IE i can cover a lot of ground quickly but I miss stuff and I cannot read out loud unprepared (I have to read through it first)

It is possible that early reading, unless carefully managed, might actually be a mixed blessing.

 

[mushtafa]

My daughter first learnt the "Biff & Chip" books. They are categorised in levels of ability. Each book emphasis's a certain sound.

 

[Chaos]

http://jollylearning.co.uk/