| parent, teaching your child to read and write is | | | | You should also not be overly concerned with |
| one of the most important things that you will do | | | | grammar either; this is something they will learn |
| for them. Through taking the time to do this | | | | over time and should not be prioritized from the |
| before they go to school, and continuing to offer | | | | outset. |
| support while they are there, you can help your | | | | When you are teaching your child how to read |
| child to have the foundations necessary to learn, | | | | and write, you should be careful to limit the |
| share and communicate with others. Teaching a | | | | vocabulary that you aim to teach. The more |
| child to read and write is a harder task than many | | | | vocabulary that you introduce; the more |
| parents expect, not least time consuming. You | | | | confusion and the more overwhelming the |
| firstly need to start by teaching them how to | | | | situation will become. According to some lines of |
| pronounce sounds, and from there they have the | | | | academic thinking it is suggested that there are |
| vital components to pronounce words and then | | | | only 400 words a child needs to know in order to |
| sentences and so on. A child can generally start to | | | | be able to communicate effectively. |
| learn the alphabet at around 4 years old, and then | | | | When your child starts writing much the same |
| they can try writing what they can read soon | | | | applies as with reading. You should not be too |
| after. Many parents are concerned about trying to | | | | concerned with a lack of firmness or preciseness |
| introduce their child to reading at too young an | | | | in how they write – much of that will |
| age, however this is not something to worry | | | | come with practice. The key is to teach your child |
| about - the truth is that it can only help. | | | | to associate a character with a sound, and |
| When you are starting to teach your child how to | | | | therefore to be able to graphically represent the |
| read, you should not concentrate on pronouncing | | | | spoken word. |
| capital letters first. The reason for this is that | | | | Teaching your child to read and write is something |
| learning lower case letters is easier to aid learning | | | | which should go beyond preparing them for going |
| how to read. This is because lower case letters | | | | to school. You should continue to do reading and |
| represent how one speaks, and through combining | | | | writing with your child out of school as they may |
| lower case letters you start to understand how | | | | wish to clarify points with you that they do not |
| you can formulate words stemming from them. | | | | want to ask their teacher. Further more, through |
| When your child tries to repeat lower case letters | | | | making reading a fun and recreational exercise for |
| you may find that they are slightly off in how | | | | your child you can ensure that their reading skills |
| they say them. This is not a concern, and in | | | | and ability to digest information will be much |
| actual fact does not relate to intellectual capacity. | | | | greater than it otherwise would be. |