teaching reading
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Topic: teaching reading
Posted By: jaycee
Subject: teaching reading
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 5:34pm
Well Amy has come home from kindy today and said that she would like me to teach her to read  I don't mind trying but I really don't know where to start. Is there anyone out there who has any tips?
We have been reading to her since she was a week old and she loves books and 'reads' to herself, her toys and Sophie all the time. DH and I love reading too and want to encourage them both as we love books  -------------   
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:34pm
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A good way to start is to go through the book first without reading and asking her what she sees, you know 'whats happening on this page' and she'll say 'the dog is chasing the ball' or whatever which is probably similar to what the words say anyway. Its one of the first things we would do with a reading group when i was a student teacher a million years ago, times may have changed but often kids can tell the story from the pictures and using pictures as prompts to work out the words is a good skill for later on.
In any case just encouraging her to read and reading with her is a really good start and if she already enjoys 'reading' and connects it with a good time then you've done a great job. |
Posted By: happymumma
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:56pm
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I agree with Bowie. Also, does she have letter and sound knowledge? As in, can she recognise and name some letters and tell you what sounds they make? Those are really important first skills so are a great next step. When my DS and I are reading or playing with anything that has letters anywhere we talk about them. Pointing out letters in the environment (posters / street signs / brithday cards / letter magnets etc etc etc means she can start to recognise letters and put them together with the sound they make. DS will identify a letter he knows and just in the course of conversation (he is only almost three) I talk about the sound it makes, prompt him to listen to the sound and name a few familiar words that start with the sound / letter. It's all done in the context of play or story reading so that it's pretty natural rather than 'teaching' as such. If she is asking to be taught then you can probably be more obvsious about the learning opportunity. Later on that will give her the ability to sound out words she doesn't recognise. |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:51pm
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Hi JC, like others have said, the pictures are a good start. It's one strategy we teach emergent readers.
Another thing is phonics, which is the foundation to reading and writing. She needs to learn the letter/sound relationship (phonemes) eg. a g can make a gah sound or a jih sound. If you google how to teach phonics it will help you. Once she is getting on with her phonics, she can decode unknown words using what she knows already. Get her to point out letters, ask what the sound is that the letter makes, and what she can see in the pictures that might sound like that. eg. the word 'dog' - ask 'do you know that letter?' then 'what sound does d make?' di, di, di (repeat a lot). Then 'can you see anything in the picture that starts with di, di, di?' It takes a long time though but it's awesome she's so keen! Also, discuss orientation of books (you'd be surprised how many school starters hold a book upside down!). Talk about the front of the book, and just enjoy her reading to herself :) |