| Teaching a child to read is a beautiful thing. When | | | | preparation before actual reading begins should be |
| we teach our children to read we open up a | | | | avoided. A child is excited by their success. If |
| whole new world to them. Now all the lines and | | | | your child is learning to read words within the first |
| symbols that have been surrounding them make | | | | few lessons, they will be motivated to continue on |
| sense. It is such a wonderful and fascinating | | | | in their studies. Also children learn best through |
| journey to give a child the gift of literacy, but | | | | play, so make sure the program includes lots of |
| how do parents get started? | | | | games and songs. |
| Many parents want to give their child a head start | | | | The most ingenious way of teaching children to |
| in learning to read. They do not want to wait and | | | | read that I have ever see in through pictures. |
| hope their child gets it in school. But how does a | | | | When a new sound in introduced it is first done |
| parent that is not a teacher even begin teaching | | | | with a picture. This makes it simple for the child |
| their child to read? That is where a good program | | | | to recall the sound that they are learning, since |
| is necessary. I well planned phonics program does | | | | the picture helps them to identify it immediately. |
| not rely on the parent to be the teacher, but | | | | For example, the sound for the letter a is the |
| rather the guide. The parent only need follow the | | | | beginning sound for the word apple. The child is |
| instructions that are laid out and explain them to | | | | taught to say the short a sound whenever they |
| the child. Any parent that knows how to read can | | | | see the picture with the apple. The letter is shown |
| teach their own child to read with a good phonics | | | | on the back and the child progresses from |
| program. | | | | reading the pictures to reading the actual letters, |
| So what makes one program better than | | | | but the visual clues make it easy enough to teach |
| another? Well the goal of teaching your child to | | | | children as young as 3 years old. |
| read is that learn to read and quickly. This means | | | | When deciding to teach your child to read, do |
| that the program you select should have your | | | | some research online and find out what is working |
| child reading words within days of beginning the | | | | for others. |
| program. Any program that requires months of | | | | |