In our homeschool, we start teaching our kids to read when they are interested in learning. For the three kids who have done reading so far, that is around 5 or 6. The book we have chosen to use to teach them is all inclusive. We do not have to prepare other cards, make copies or hunt down other items in order to teach from the book. The name of the book is Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Sounds good, right?
We enjoy this book because it starts out very basic with just learning the different sounds. The parents are provided with a script to help the child as they read through the book together. They sound out the different sounds and build basic words for the first couple of lessons.
Each lesson builds on the previous lesson. The children are reminded what different sounds the letters make and put together new words with the sounds. Phonetic symbols are used on some letters to make it easier to learn the "long e" sound and others.
As the child continues in the book, the lessons get a little more challenging. They learn to read words by sounding out each letter and pointing to it. Then they learn to read each word quickly as a whole. Well, that is at least the goal of the middle and later lessons. They should become quicker at recognizing the words as they go along.
The later lessons also have a little story that the children read. It is usually about one page long and includes a little picture and questions to discuss at the end to make sure the child is understanding. They should be able to read these with few difficulties and the stories get a little more difficult and longer as the lessons go along.
Most people say that their children make it halfway through the book or so and gain the confidence to read on their own at that point. I have two boys who have made it all the way through the book and still find reading a challenge. I think they just need more practice in order to gain confidence. I told one of them that he could get a Steemit account when he was reading and writing better, so that is his goal. My daughter just started the book and is learning sounds at the moment. I am hoping she picks it up quickly and enjoys reading!
There are so many methods out there, but this one has worked pretty well for us so far.
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This is so timely as I've been thinking about starting something like this with my own daughter - she's currently 4 and quite squiggly so I'm not sure if she's totally ready to sit down and do stuff like this quite yet, but I did want to start thinking about it and try to give her some kind of a head start.
As a homeschooling momma, do you have any suggestions on getting the younger kids to stay focused when you want to do dedicated "learning" time? The grooming begins...
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Well...our curriculum says no formal schooling until 6. Before then, you just read to them quality books, do everyday math (1/2 a cup of sugar plus 1/4 cup of sugar is 3/4 cup of sugar), spend lots of time outside. The reading book says you can start with it as early as 4, but I don't think my 4 year old would sit through it or have the ability to remember from one lesson to the next. Lol. ;) My 4 year old asks to do school sometimes when the others do. I have a few educational games he can play, puzzles he can do and a little workbook he likes to do a little bit in. If your daughter is ready for something, just reading and pointing to each word and sounding out some of the smaller ones (d-o-g or whatever) is a good place to start. That's what I just started doing with two of mine the other day. Believe me, I'm no expert. Each kid is trial by fire. ;) Thanks for stopping by!
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oh interesting! Well we do lots of practical things - she helps me make my meal prep and make food, etc. And we do lots of reading, though I've only recently starting actually spelling things out. She's great with numbers but not so great with letters (kind of like her dad, lol) while I was the opposite. Adventures in learning haha
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Right, fun adventures! :) Yeah one hint they give is to point to each word as you read it. I'm really bad at that. My kids are not super fond of reading, but maybe it will improve over the years. I used to hate to read and now I like it. I used to spell words in the car to my kids. "What word to you want to spell? - Daddy! - Ok. D-A-D-D-Y spells Daddy!" It helped pass the time and keep them quiet. Now when I try to do "school" type things in the car, major groans. ;)
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they sure catch on quickly!
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That seems to be the good old fashioned way of learning to read. Our kids when they were in public school had lists of words that they had to "recognize by sight" and have them memorized. What a Fringing disaster that was as both the girls are dyslexic, we had to pull them out and home school , the both got the basics, down pat and love reading. They love the public library and each one reads over 50 books a year now in the library youth book club.
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Oh nice! I love the library and book clubs. That's something I definitely miss here!! I am not a fan of sight words. I don't think they really do much good. I'm still trying to figure out how to make my boys enjoy reading more. $1 a book hasn't been a great incentive yet but losing "free time" (video games, Netflix) works sometimes. ;)
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Yeah video games contributes alot as the visual broadens their thinking faculty @apanamamama
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Okay, thanks. Thanks for stopping by. :)
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Mine are grown now. I can’t even remember teaching them to read. But we always had lots of books around for them.
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Nice! Having lots of books around is a great thing! Mine are always pulling books off the shelves (and leaving them on the floor or wherever). A blessing and a curse. ;)
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Great! I enjoy the homeschooling posts. We will be homeschooling soon so it's a good start for us. Thanks! @ironshield
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Glad they can be of some help. :) We have tried a few reading curriculums, but this one is the most parent friendly I've found so far. ;)
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