All About Teaching and Learning Phonics

[angela]

Last Mon, I just let my gal to start reading Peter & Jane Book 1a. Surprising, she enjoys reading the book & now, every nite, I let her read a few pages before bedtime.




Hope that she will continue like reading the series.

[Charmaine_chong]

Angela,


Hooray. A very good early xmas present !

[mum2mum]

hi parents,

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The program covers not only what to teach, but also the surroundings issues about teaching and learning reading for young children and how to motivate children.

It's not sky high price but for USD49.95, i think it's good value for money! at least to me! haha..

[princesskaris]

Hi, I have a 3 + yo girl and she dislikes Peter & Jane series very much. Each time i try teaching her words from the book, she shows minimum interest. Any other books that help in sight reading to share?


I have been trying to start her with 2-letter word blending i.e. it but she can’t seem to get the tactic of word blending. I will tell her the sound of each letter and show her how to blend the sounds together but she doesn’t seem to get it. Anyone has any methods to share? She knows all the 26 letter sounds by the way. we are just stuck at word blending. TIA!

[hellokittyspore]

princesskaris:

Hi, I have a 3 + yo girl and she dislikes Peter & Jane series very much. Each time i try teaching her words from the book, she shows minimum interest. Any other books that help in sight reading to share?


I have been trying to start her with 2-letter word blending i.e. it but she can't seem to get the tactic of word blending. I will tell her the sound of each letter and show her how to blend the sounds together but she doesn't seem to get it. Anyone has any methods to share? She knows all the 26 letter sounds by the way. we are just stuck at word blending. TIA!

Hi Princesskaris,
Personally, I find 3 years old is too young to drill them on learning word blending. For 3 years old, I would rather cultivate her interest with reading.

When she has the interest in reading, it will be easier for you to teach word blending later on. Trust me, when your kids has interest with any books, they will read themselves and come to you automatically when they have problem understanding or pronouncing the words. Go to the library, let her choose which book she wants you to read. She might be more willing to sit down with you and listen to the story.

My dd goes for fairies adventure wherelse my ds like young scientist. If you manage to capture your kid's interest, any kind of book is a good start to reading.

[princesskaris]

hellokittyspore:

princesskaris:

Hi, I have a 3 + yo girl and she dislikes Peter & Jane series very much. Each time i try teaching her words from the book, she shows minimum interest. Any other books that help in sight reading to share?


I have been trying to start her with 2-letter word blending i.e. it but she can't seem to get the tactic of word blending. I will tell her the sound of each letter and show her how to blend the sounds together but she doesn't seem to get it. Anyone has any methods to share? She knows all the 26 letter sounds by the way. we are just stuck at word blending. TIA!

Hi Princesskaris,
Personally, I find 3 years old is too young to drill them on learning word blending. For 3 years old, I would rather cultivate her interest with reading.

When she has the interest in reading, it will be easier for you to teach word blending later on. Trust me, when your kids has interest with any books, they will read themselves and come to you automatically when they have problem understanding or pronouncing the words. Go to the library, let her choose which book she wants you to read. She might be more willing to sit down with you and listen to the story.

My dd goes for fairies adventure wherelse my ds like young scientist. If you manage to capture your kid's interest, any kind of book is a good start to reading.

Hi hellokittyspore,
Thanks for your response here.. she actually loves to read in general. But I'm not sure why she can't get the tactics. She will make me read her a handful of books that she has chosen from her book shelves every night before she sleeps. (i will add in one or two books that i wish to teach her too like P&J). I have to bargain with her on the number of books at times.

She can memorise and read out aloud the books she likes. Sometimes, she will make up stories as she flips the pages as she still can't read phonetically. The only books that she don't really like are P&J series.(I think due to me trying to get her to recognise the words and she feels pressurised).. The other books, I just read to her instead of getting her to recognise the words. But I just run my fingers across the lines as I read.

So, you think I should continue to read her books, let her read on her own (she will flip the page and make up stories if she has yet to memorize the contents) and wait for her to ask me how to read words in the books? I do bring her to the library where she gets to borrow the books which she has chosen too

I was reading through the forums about kids knowing how to read even at 3 years old, thus tried to start teaching my girl too. I thought maybe my teaching method is wrong or Maybe it's really too early?

[iLoveChubby]

My advice is chuck that P&J series aside.

I hv P&J too but whenever I read with my DS, both of us yawned one after another so now the whole series is collecting dust on the bookshelf.

I thk its great that your DD is trying to read the storybooks aloud.
Let her pick her own books ... there are so many interesting books in the libraries/bookstores, dont limit her choices to P&J.
Using graded readers is not the only way to the path of knowing how to read.

I used to worry when will my DS start to read or should I point my fingers to the words (and yes he gets stressed each time i do that)... but i realise enjoyment of the storyline is the key when the kids are younger (like your DD's age)... naturally they will know how to read.

And yes do continue to read to her every night! Enjoy bonding! :rahrah:

[hellokittyspore]

iLoveChubby:

My advice is chuck that P&J series aside.

I hv P&J too but whenever I read with my DS, both of us yawned one after another so now the whole series is collecting dust on the bookshelf.

I thk its great that your DD is trying to read the storybooks aloud.
Let her pick her own books ... there are so many interesting books in the libraries/bookstores, dont limit her choices to P&J.
Using graded readers is not the only way to the path of knowing how to read.

I used to worry when will my DS start to read or should I point my fingers to the words (and yes he gets stressed each time i do that)... but i realise enjoyment of the storyline is the key when the kids are younger (like your DD's age)... naturally they will know how to read.

And yes do continue to read to her every night! Enjoy bonding! :rahrah:

I agreed with this. My dd wanted me to read to her chapter book when she is 4 as she likes the fairies in the rainbow fairies series. We did not go for any graded reader book except for her preschool. When she is about 5, I requested to read 1 chapter when I read two. She is now 6 and is able to read alone. Don't worry she will learn to read on her own one day, if you keep up with your good work and continue her to read and monitor her a bit per day.

Even now, my dd still prefers me to read to her stories. I will pick books not under rainbow fairies to read to her. I am taking this opportunities to test out her spelling between the pages. She likes it this way than pure academic drilling. No choice, it is not easy to be a parent.

[princesskaris]

iLoveChubby:

My advice is chuck that P&J series aside.

I hv P&J too but whenever I read with my DS, both of us yawned one after another so now the whole series is collecting dust on the bookshelf.

I thk its great that your DD is trying to read the storybooks aloud.
Let her pick her own books ... there are so many interesting books in the libraries/bookstores, dont limit her choices to P&J.
Using graded readers is not the only way to the path of knowing how to read.

I used to worry when will my DS start to read or should I point my fingers to the words (and yes he gets stressed each time i do that)... but i realise enjoyment of the storyline is the key when the kids are younger (like your DD's age)... naturally they will know how to read.

And yes do continue to read to her every night! Enjoy bonding! :rahrah:

Hi ilovechubby,
Honestly, I get quite bored with the P&J series too... :)Maybe I should chunk it aside first until one day she gets the book and asks me to read to her .. If not, I will just read to her (she's ok with me reading the P&J book but not stopping at each word and teaching her how to read and 'testing' her back).

Guess I should relax more and enjoy the bonding time with her as we read instead of worrying too much about whether she can read or not. After all, her pre-school does teach phonics.

Thanks for sharing!

[princesskaris]

hellokittyspore:

iLoveChubby:

My advice is chuck that P&J series aside.

I hv P&J too but whenever I read with my DS, both of us yawned one after another so now the whole series is collecting dust on the bookshelf.

I thk its great that your DD is trying to read the storybooks aloud.
Let her pick her own books ... there are so many interesting books in the libraries/bookstores, dont limit her choices to P&J.
Using graded readers is not the only way to the path of knowing how to read.

I used to worry when will my DS start to read or should I point my fingers to the words (and yes he gets stressed each time i do that)... but i realise enjoyment of the storyline is the key when the kids are younger (like your DD's age)... naturally they will know how to read.

And yes do continue to read to her every night! Enjoy bonding! :rahrah:

I agreed with this. My dd wanted me to read to her chapter book when she is 4 as she likes the fairies in the rainbow fairies series. We did not go for any graded reader book except for her preschool. When she is about 5, I requested to read 1 chapter when I read two. She is now 6 and is able to read alone. Don't worry she will learn to read on her own one day, if you keep up with your good work and continue her to read and monitor her a bit per day.

Even now, my dd still prefers me to read to her stories. I will pick books not under rainbow fairies to read to her. I am taking this opportunities to test out her spelling between the pages. She likes it this way than pure academic drilling. No choice, it is not easy to be a parent.

Hi hellokittyspore,
My dd is somewhat similar to your dd. she likes those chapter books too (but obviously she can't read but would just flip and make up stories). She loves to 'read' my thick novel too. She chose a mermaid tale chapter book meant for older kids at the bookstore the other day and got me to buy it. She's fascinated with seeing a lot of words in a page and she likes thick books. I wonder why. Hee yes, will continue to read and monitor until one day, she can finally decode the words...

It's good to test the spelling that way too as it interests her more.. Parents these days have to really crack our brain to think of creative ways to teach our kids. Hopefully, our hard work pay off.

Thanks for sharing too!