All About Teaching and Learning Phonics

[keltong]

porcupine12trade:

keltong:

his reaction was, \"wow man, not the word again\" and hide in his room.

Heh my son has the same reaction! He would say \"我不要读了\" or \"我不要玩了\" only after 2-3 words. sigh...so demoralising. Wah you really put in loads of effort! i think i have to try do the same. Show all sorts of materials, stuff etc.

Try to bring in the fun part so that he will get interested and will not tink it's a chore, that is what I am trying to avoid with my 2nd boy. My son kept talking about the 'sad' girl and 'bad' boy this few days, so it has really stuck in his head. Just now he was looking for the 'pad' to start his drawing again. Only that tonight I was rushing my work and didn't have time to go through with him again but he seems more open to it now.

Perseverance is definitely needed. 加油！

[keltong]

autumnbronze:

:goodpost:

Great sharing keltong :celebrate: :celebrate:

I have just started 3 words blending with him too. Will def keep your tips in mind

Thanks...just hoping my sharing can help to encourage those who feel down. It's definitely not an easy job, been a parent that is! So it's a relieve for me to read inspiring stories here. To let myself know, there is hope.

[tamarind]

keltong,

Thank you so much for sharing

Yes it is not easy. I was not able to come up with fun ideas every day, more than 50% of the days when I was teaching him phonics, I only asked him to arrange the cards. But he was quite enthusiastic because he knew that I would surprise him once in a while with interesting and fun things to do

[bearbear]

Don’t forget the rewards (e.g. encouraging words, child favorite food, etc) it helps a lot.

[tamarind]

bearbear:

Don't forget the rewards (e.g. encouraging words, child favorite food, etc) it helps a lot.

I agree !

[tamarind]

smurf:

How to teach phonics? :?


I understand that kids should be taught single letter sound first and then follow by three letters words, such as cat, fat, tap, etc.

But what I understand is that some teachers taught phonics in such a way that they teach first letter first and THEN teach the second and third letters together.

For example, the word cat. Teachers only teach the 'c' sound and then followed by 'at' sound.

So it would be c...at. But what I understand from a phonics teacher is that this is wrong. Teachers should teach in this manner:

C...a...t

3 sounds instead of 2 sounds.

smurf,
There are different methods of teaching phonics, Montessori, Jolly, Letterland, Zoophonics, etc Any method is fine so long as the child can understand it easily.

My method is similar to the Montessori method, and is very easy to do at home :
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-teach-phonics.html

[keltong]

tamarind:

keltong,

Thank you so much for sharing

Yes it is not easy. I was not able to come up with fun ideas every day, more than 50% of the days when I was teaching him phonics, I only asked him to arrange the cards. But he was quite enthusiastic because he knew that I would surprise him once in a while with interesting and fun things to do

Ya..some days just too tired to do anything. But must keep going.

[keltong]

tamarind:

bearbear:

Don't forget the rewards (e.g. encouraging words, child favorite food, etc) it helps a lot.

I agree !

I second that!

[smurf]

Thanks Tamarind.


I thought it would be more difficult for the child next time when he or she has to spell out the words. For example, cat or fat, there is no letter that makes the sound 'at', so it might confuse the child. I thought so. :celebrate:

[keltong]

smurf:

Thanks Tamarind.


I thought it would be more difficult for the child next time when he or she has to spell out the words. For example, cat or fat, there is no letter that makes the sound 'at', so it might confuse the child. I thought so. :celebrate:

Not sure if I am doing it correctly as I am new to this. What I did is let him learn the 2 letter blending before introducing him to the 3rd letter.

So in your example, for 'at', I will go through with him and let him blend 'a' and 't' to form 'at'. Once he is quite certain, I will than intro the 3 letters like 'c', 'h', 'f', 'r', etc...and use 'c' and 'at' instead of trying to break 'a' and 't' again. Sometimes he will stuck when trying to blend the 3 letters and will revise the 2 letter again and than try the 3 letters one more time.