| I don't know what is the best age to start | | | | reading. Montessori says that a child will show you |
| teaching beginner reading but start as soon as | | | | when she is ready to learn to read by looking at |
| you can with reading in bed. This gets your child | | | | books and tracing the letters by herself. Some |
| involved with reading at an early age and it | | | | children just need a little prompting and that |
| doesn't take long before the child wants to read | | | | usually means reading as often as possible. |
| by herself. | | | | If you child shows very little interest in reading |
| Also it is increasing her vocabulary and imagination, | | | | just persist with the reading. To teach beginner |
| and both these are important when teaching | | | | reading you should bring in phonics as phonics |
| beginner reading. If you really want to give your | | | | seem to be the most effective way of teaching |
| kid a head start bring out the Montessori | | | | reading. They give the child the code to decipher |
| sandpaper letters and let her trace the letters | | | | the written word into the spoken word and visa |
| just to feel the sandpaper. This tracing sandpaper | | | | versa. |
| letters is preparing your child to write so the | | | | And when teaching phonics you can break it down |
| Montessori method is actually killing two birds with | | | | to a phonic sound a day. This way you are adding |
| one stone. | | | | to what your child already knows. Again I prefer |
| When teaching beginner reading you should try | | | | the Montessori approach as I think it is the most |
| and instill a love of reading into your child as this | | | | effective. |
| goes a long way to helping your child grasp | | | | |