All About Teaching and Learning Phonics
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tamarind:
Hi Tamarind,porcupine12trade,
When I was teaching my boy, there were times when my boy did not feel like reading too. I played \"games\" with him, like mixing up the words, like asking him to arrange all the \"at\" words in one column, \"am\" words in another column. Or I mix up the words, say a word and ask him to pick it up.
If the word was an object, I brought him around the house to find that real object. If the word was an action, like \"dip\", I let him dip a Glico Pocky stick into milk, and he was happy doing that because he could eat it. For the word \"jog\", I asked him to jog around the house with me.
If your son can pick up all the correct words when you ask him to, then you can move on to other vowels. You can do revisions later.
You can try the Peter and Jane books, start from book 1a and progress to book 12. The Sage books are actually using the same techniques as the Peter and Jane books.
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/12/key-words-with-ladybird.html
These books are excellent for building confidence in kids when they read.
thanks for the advice. I bot the P&J books and I find them good. Not sure if u rem, i commented in the chinese thread my son doesnt like to repeat. It is the same for P&J series, but i find he can rem chinese words better then P&J, so if i dont repeat P&J i doubt he can catch the words?
i'll continue w other 3 letter words and see how. I tried the games you mentioned, works but need alot of time, i guess i m not hardworking enough. -
porcupine12trade:
Hi porcupine12trade,
Hi Tamarind,tamarind:
porcupine12trade,
When I was teaching my boy, there were times when my boy did not feel like reading too. I played \"games\" with him, like mixing up the words, like asking him to arrange all the \"at\" words in one column, \"am\" words in another column. Or I mix up the words, say a word and ask him to pick it up.
If the word was an object, I brought him around the house to find that real object. If the word was an action, like \"dip\", I let him dip a Glico Pocky stick into milk, and he was happy doing that because he could eat it. For the word \"jog\", I asked him to jog around the house with me.
If your son can pick up all the correct words when you ask him to, then you can move on to other vowels. You can do revisions later.
You can try the Peter and Jane books, start from book 1a and progress to book 12. The Sage books are actually using the same techniques as the Peter and Jane books.
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/12/key-words-with-ladybird.html
These books are excellent for building confidence in kids when they read.
thanks for the advice. I bot the P&J books and I find them good. Not sure if u rem, i commented in the chinese thread my son doesnt like to repeat. It is the same for P&J series, but i find he can rem chinese words better then P&J, so if i dont repeat P&J i doubt he can catch the words?
i'll continue w other 3 letter words and see how. I tried the games you mentioned, works but need alot of time, i guess i m not hardworking enough.
It is also not necessary to repeat the Peter and Jane series, just keep moving on. The words are repeated many times throughout the books.
I did not spend a lot of time playing the games, usually only about 15 mins when my boy was about 3 years+. We took about 6 months + to complete all the words, then I had to revise from the beginning to make sure that he knew all the words. -
tamarind:
Hi porcupine12trade,
Hi Tamarind,porcupine12trade:
[quote=\"tamarind\"]porcupine12trade,
When I was teaching my boy, there were times when my boy did not feel like reading too. I played \"games\" with him, like mixing up the words, like asking him to arrange all the \"at\" words in one column, \"am\" words in another column. Or I mix up the words, say a word and ask him to pick it up.
If the word was an object, I brought him around the house to find that real object. If the word was an action, like \"dip\", I let him dip a Glico Pocky stick into milk, and he was happy doing that because he could eat it. For the word \"jog\", I asked him to jog around the house with me.
If your son can pick up all the correct words when you ask him to, then you can move on to other vowels. You can do revisions later.
You can try the Peter and Jane books, start from book 1a and progress to book 12. The Sage books are actually using the same techniques as the Peter and Jane books.
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/12/key-words-with-ladybird.html
These books are excellent for building confidence in kids when they read.
thanks for the advice. I bot the P&J books and I find them good. Not sure if u rem, i commented in the chinese thread my son doesnt like to repeat. It is the same for P&J series, but i find he can rem chinese words better then P&J, so if i dont repeat P&J i doubt he can catch the words?
i'll continue w other 3 letter words and see how. I tried the games you mentioned, works but need alot of time, i guess i m not hardworking enough.
It is also not necessary to repeat the Peter and Jane series, just keep moving on. The words are repeated many times throughout the books.
I did not spend a lot of time playing the games, usually only about 15 mins when my boy was about 3 years+. We took about 6 months + to complete all the words, then I had to revise from the beginning to make sure that he knew all the words.[/quote]ah ok, i'll just continue with the P&J series :). Is it necessary to complete the whole series till like level12 (not sure which level is the last level)?
15mins a day? tt's very encouraging, mayb i spent too much time preparing the things (taking from different parts of the house), tires me out haa. thanks again! -
Hi tamarind,
Just for gauge, did you spend 6mths doing all the blending (stage 1-3 in ur blog) or just the 3 letter blending. Thanks! -
Hi porcupine12trade,
I brought my boy around the house to look for those objects
He enjoyed it because it was better than sitting still.
It is not necessary to complete up to book 12. My boy only read up to book 11, then I started to let him read Roald Dahl books. It depends on the age of the child. Books 10 to 12 are meant for kids over 8 years old, the subject matter may be too difficult to understand for a 4 or 5 year old child. But then again, every child is different. My older girl liked Peter and Jane so much, she insisted on reading book 12 when she was 4 years old.
My boy completed all 3 stages in my blog in about 6+ months. But he forgot some of the earlier parts, and I had to go back and revise with him. -
tamarind:
oh ya, the content is impt, they may not be mature enough to understand the content.Hi porcupine12trade,
I brought my boy around the house to look for those objects He enjoyed it because it was better than sitting still.
It is not necessary to complete up to book 12. My boy only read up to book 11, then I started to let him read Roald Dahl books. It depends on the age of the child. Books 10 to 12 are meant for kids over 8 years old, the subject matter may be too difficult to understand for a 4 or 5 year old child. But then again, every child is different. My older girl liked Peter and Jane so much, she insisted on reading book 12 when she was 4 years old.
My boy completed all 3 stages in my blog in about 6+ months. But he forgot some of the earlier parts, and I had to go back and revise with him.
WAH 6mths to complete all!! gosh!! i m still at the \"a\" ... i dont know if he knows all or not, at times he knows at times he refuses to read...haiz. I decided to heed ur advice and proceed with \"i\" blend.
BTW ask you something, think i asked b4 but you may have missed it. At times he reads the word backwards...eg he will say \"b-ag.....gab!\" :s.....but most times he will blend it correctly, is there something I shld be concern abt? -
porcupine12trade:
My boy did that too
oh ya, the content is impt, they may not be mature enough to understand the content.tamarind:
Hi porcupine12trade,
I brought my boy around the house to look for those objects He enjoyed it because it was better than sitting still.
It is not necessary to complete up to book 12. My boy only read up to book 11, then I started to let him read Roald Dahl books. It depends on the age of the child. Books 10 to 12 are meant for kids over 8 years old, the subject matter may be too difficult to understand for a 4 or 5 year old child. But then again, every child is different. My older girl liked Peter and Jane so much, she insisted on reading book 12 when she was 4 years old.
My boy completed all 3 stages in my blog in about 6+ months. But he forgot some of the earlier parts, and I had to go back and revise with him.
WAH 6mths to complete all!! gosh!! i m still at the \"a\" ... i dont know if he knows all or not, at times he knows at times he refuses to read...haiz. I decided to heed ur advice and proceed with \"i\" blend.
BTW ask you something, think i asked b4 but you may have missed it. At times he reads the word backwards...eg he will say \"b-ag.....gab!\" :s.....but most times he will blend it correctly, is there something I shld be concern abt?
He only needed more practice, he did not make that kind of mistakes any more after learning for one year.
He also took a much longer time to learn the \"a\" words, but slowly as he understood the technique, he learned faster. So don't worry, don't repeat too many times, when he more or less knows how to read the \"a\" words, just move on to the other words. You can revise later. -
tamarind:
My boy did that too
oh ya, the content is impt, they may not be mature enough to understand the content.porcupine12trade:
[quote=\"tamarind\"]Hi porcupine12trade,
I brought my boy around the house to look for those objects He enjoyed it because it was better than sitting still.
It is not necessary to complete up to book 12. My boy only read up to book 11, then I started to let him read Roald Dahl books. It depends on the age of the child. Books 10 to 12 are meant for kids over 8 years old, the subject matter may be too difficult to understand for a 4 or 5 year old child. But then again, every child is different. My older girl liked Peter and Jane so much, she insisted on reading book 12 when she was 4 years old.
My boy completed all 3 stages in my blog in about 6+ months. But he forgot some of the earlier parts, and I had to go back and revise with him.
WAH 6mths to complete all!! gosh!! i m still at the \"a\" ... i dont know if he knows all or not, at times he knows at times he refuses to read...haiz. I decided to heed ur advice and proceed with \"i\" blend.
BTW ask you something, think i asked b4 but you may have missed it. At times he reads the word backwards...eg he will say \"b-ag.....gab!\" :s.....but most times he will blend it correctly, is there something I shld be concern abt? He only needed more practice, he did not make that kind of mistakes any more after learning for one year.
He also took a much longer time to learn the \"a\" words, but slowly as he understood the technique, he learned faster. So don't worry, don't repeat too many times, when he more or less knows how to read the \"a\" words, just move on to the other words. You can revise later.[/quote]tamarind,
I want to say a BIG THANK YOU for ans'g all my qns...thank u thank u :)! -
Hi Tamarind,
My boy learnt phonics at age of 4, but not strong in it. He has difficulties especially words that cannot use phonics to blend. And confused why some āa ā sound this way, sometimes it sounds another way :?
Do you have any suggestion for me how to improve these parts of words?
I am thinking to re-send him back to class to reinforce phonics, what do you think? Else, what can I do to help him?
Any suggestions are welcome
thanks -
hot:
Hi hot,Hi Tamarind,
My boy learnt phonics at age of 4, but not strong in it. He has difficulties especially words that cannot use phonics to blend. And confused why some āa ā sound this way, sometimes it sounds another way :?
Do you have any suggestion for me how to improve these parts of words?
I am thinking to re-send him back to class to reinforce phonics, what do you think? Else, what can I do to help him?
Any suggestions are welcome
thanks
English is not completely phonetic. Many words must be learned as sight words and we cannot use phonics techniques to try to read them. When \"a\" sounds different in some words, it is a sight word and the child just have to remember it that way. Take for example, the word \"caught\", don't try to use phonics to read it, just let the child learn it as a whole word will do.
My suggestion is just revise phonics with him, you can use the resources in my blog :
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-teach-phonics.html
Or just use http://www.starfall.com.
For the sight words, the best way to learn is by using the Peter and Jane series, or by reading any story books. Just ask the child to read every word out loud, and teach him if he does not know how to read the word. Kids learn very fast this way.
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