Now available for purchase! Many children enter school thinking words like: cat, me and dog are whole units, not individual sounds that make up the words. In order for your child to be able to decode words, they must be aware that each word is made up of individual sounds. They will need this...
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After your child knows her letter sounds and can identify the beginning and ending sound in words, she is ready to work with the vowel sound in the middle. Introducing word families or patterns to your daughter will help build her reading and spelling vocabulary as she begins to see the patterns found in words. Word...
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Rhyming prepares children for beginning reading by “playing” with the letter sounds. In order to rhyme, children need to be able to hear the different letter sounds in words and be able to change the beginning sound to make a new word. Poems, nursery rhymes, jump rope jingles… all help make rhyming fun when...
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Give your child an opportunity to trace letters in a variety of mediums. Not only will it help to imbed the motion in their brain, it will be fun! Here are some ideas that you can use: Similar to many of the activities you can find for practicing spelling words, your child can practicing...
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Having your child learn her ABC’s is fundamental for her to learn to read. Remember to introduce the lower case letters as well as the upper case letters. The lower case letters are really important because when your child begins to read she is going to see more lower case letters than upper case. Also explain...
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