How To Teach A Child To Read
Couple of years ago, I wrote 5 Tips in Teaching Your child the ABC. That tips and techniques that I shared there are based on my personal experience with my son, Matt. Those exact same techniques are still timely and applicable to day. With that, how can we teach a child to read? Check the tips and others in the rest of this post.
Like I said, the same old tips still applies:
- Start early
- Use props and posters
- Use video or other educational DVDs
- Repetition
- Rewards and complements
The tips above are guaranteed to work because I used them myself. For use to teach our child to read, we must introduce them to the alphabet and the sound of the individual letters that will make up the words.
Teaching Alphabet Letter Sounds
How to teach a child to read? Before a toddler can read, every child must know the sounds of the alphabet letters. He must be able to recall them quickly – he sees the letter and says the sound without hesitation.
- First thing’s first, teach your child to read the ABC. Point to each letter and ask your child to, “Tell me what this letter says.”
- You can create (help him) his own alphabet book. I usually buy my toddler some notebooks and pencils and he’ll scribble the alphabet for long hours. Staple some pieces of paper together and ask your child to draw pictures of items that begin with the sound of each alphabet letter.
- When you are teaching a letter sound, be careful not to add an “uh” sound at the end of the letter. For example, letter s should sound like a snake hissing, with no throat sound. Letter s says ’sss,’ not ’suh.’ If your child learns letters ‘c’, ‘a’, ‘t’ as sounding ‘kuh,’ ‘aah,’ and ‘tuh,’ those sounds will not come together to say cat!
Children have different learning rates. Your child may need lots of direct instruction to learn the alphabet sounds. Don’t forget, he will learn letter sounds more quickly with a short daily review.
Enhancing child’s brain
Educational games are indeed important to the growth of children. These games are specifically designed to teach our children about a certain topic that helps them grow into a more complete person. Some says, video games are good for children. Thus, children who spend hours everyday on their playstation, xbox vidoe console may not be rotting their brains, as many parents fear. Contrary to fears about the violent reputation of some games, there is no firm proof that playin them has an automatic negative effect and impact on children’s behaviour. Instead, video games can stimulate learning of facts and skills such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and innovative thinking which are important thing in information society.
Some parent believes that educational games help their children learn new concepts in science, cultures and even historical views. Those commons games are board games, card games and video games. With so many educational games in the internet today, it is very important that as a parent you must understand your role in child’s learning. According to the news, that kids who played educational video games were less likely suffer from attention problems at school. And also that certain computer-based games can boost working memory capacity, where it is the basic ingredients of intelligence and academic success.
Kids clapping and music
Everyone loves music, whether it is pop, rnb, rock or those music for our childrens. But do you know that music can help improve your child’s intelligence, brain function and general quality of life. According to research, Children who receives early music training score higher on standardized test. The use of music during learning can increase child’s IQ. Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year compared to children who do not receive musical training. It is very important for parents to expose their child to music and to encourage participation in music and movement activities informally at home and in more organized music education settings.
But not only music can enhance your child’s intellgence, but also the clapping of hands of your child’s can do. According to Dr. Warren Brodsky, a music psychologist, clapping activities of children can train the brain and affect development of other brain regions. During the study of Dr. Idit Sulkin, a member of BGU’s Music Science Lab in the Department of Arts, he also joined the children to sing. This is to see if the children are amused and fascinated by the singing and clapping. This activity turned out to be quite entertaining for children of primary school.
Habit to break
Its is normal for a child to suck their thumb at least 2 1/2 years. But as they reaches school age they must not do thumb sucking. Some people worried regarding with kind of scenario. But parents must be aware that it is quite normal and very natural.
Children do thumbsucking because it make them feel secure and happy. it also offers children a soothing way to alleviate some of the negative boredom, hunger, stress, and fear. Children tend to let go of this habit on their own, so it’s best to let process pass with time. When thumbsucking continues into the school years, it may cause problems with proper growth of the mouth and alignment of teeth. Parents must be aware that excessive dependence on sucking behavior can be seen in children whose needs are not being met.
Here are some ways for your toddler to help them stop sucking their thumbs.
1. There are products that you can lace on your child’s thumb that taste pretty nasty. Of course it should be clean and safe food approved by doctor.
2.Praise if the child does not suck their thumbs for specific periods of time.
3. Meet the toddler needs so that they feel secure and response to their cry to soothe them.
There are more ways to help toddlers stop thumbsucking. But the most important thing to remember as a parent is to be being supportive and encouraging to help them break thumbsucking.
Potty Training Episode for Parents
Every parent looks forward to time when they child are able to care for his own bladder and bowels. Its’s great not to change smelly nappies, how great not to be bringing nappy changing gear anywhere. But don’t try to be in a hurry for your child knows and understand the potty training for every childs develops their own rate.
Potty Training or what we called as Toilet Training is fun and memorable for both of you as parent and as kid. But it is very challenging aspects for both of you also. Handled with positively and with preparations and it can be also one where humour can be used in heaps. I know that some of parents found this one as the most difficult times in their households and when you feel under pressure to get your child get toilet trained before going to nursery or pre-school. Parents must remember that every child are different and develops their skills at various times.
