If you taught your child to read - how did you do it?

[Anonymous]

I’d like to teach my child to read. There seem to be so many methods out there that I was hoping for advice on the best method for a preschooler.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

All phonics based:
Letter recognition
Letter sounds
Blending consonant and vowels
CVC words (like Bob Books)

And then taught some common sight words (and, the)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All phonics based:
Letter recognition
Letter sounds
Blending consonant and vowels
CVC words (like Bob Books)

And then taught some common sight words (and, the)

Same except I started very young with environmental sight words (stop, Library, Etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All phonics based:
Letter recognition
Letter sounds
Blending consonant and vowels
CVC words (like Bob Books)

And then taught some common sight words (and, the)

Same except I started very young with environmental sight words (stop, Library, Etc.)

And aside from reciting the alphabet, I taught letter recognition and letter sounds at the same time.

[Anonymous]

My DD learned to read at a very young age, long before kindergarten. I didn’t try to teach her, but she just picked it up on her own. I started reading books to her when she was a baby, though.

When she was a toddler, she got really mad that her older brother could read and I think it motivated her to learn. I’m still amazed when I think about it.

[Anonymous]

Check out a book called “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons”. It’s phonics based. We are halfway thru and having a blast.

[Anonymous]

I read to them a lot, and we did Bob books and simple CVC words. My kids all really learned to read in kindergarten though.

[Anonymous]

Mine picked it up very easily but we read a lot and pointed to the words, did closed captioning for videos and other stuff and did a lot of learning videos like Leap Frog and Preschool Prep that teach reading. Some kids do better with sight words, some do better with phonics and some do better with a mix so you need to figure out what works best for your child. If mine didn't pick it up easily I'd probably do the teach your kid to read. We hated the bob books and choose ones they were interested in but bob works well too.

[Anonymous]

Sent them to school

[Anonymous]

Reading readiness

[Anonymous]

Read a lot to them right from the time they were born. They learned alphabets and sounds in Kindergarten and were fluent readers by the end of KG.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't trying to teach them but they picked up from reading Dr. Seuss books. When we read together, i pointed to words on the page as we went and they just picked it up eventually. Go dog go and some others I can't recall with lots of repetition and variations of words and phrases did the trick.

[Anonymous]

Bob books, lots of books around the house, reading to them daily

[Anonymous]

Read to them aloud Let them pick their own books Found books with pictures that provide context for story

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out a book called “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons”. It’s phonics based. We are halfway thru and having a blast.

I second this suggestion. my other kids learned to read much easier, but for my last daughter, when she was struggling, this was the only program that helped.