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[quote=Anonymous]As previous posters have indicated, a lot of it is based on the child’s development. I have no idea if your child’s developmentally ready or not, and either way would be fine at his age.  I struggled all through K trying to learn to read, felt stupid because I couldn’t get it, and then the following summer it just clicked. I’d let him take the lead and work with him when he wants to. If he’s frustrated, it might be a good idea to take a break for a few months and then get a fresh start later.

That being said, whenever you decide to try again, here are some tips:

Try not to attach extraneous vowels to consonants. Instead of ca-ah-ta which would blend to caahta, try to isolate the sounds to k-a-t.

Tell him to think of the letters on a slide.  The first letter is at the top and you hold that sound until it slides into the next letter, and then hold that sound until you reach the next.

Here’s a more detailed description of teaching blending: 
https://geniebooks.ueniweb.com/lessons/how-to-teach-blending

There are lots of videos on youtube about teaching blending:
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=reading+blending+slide

In the meantime, talking and reading to him will expand his vocabulary. Songs, rhymes, rhyming games, and tongue twisters will help him get a better feel for language. Stories, plays, TV shows and movies can all help him learn about the ideas of plot, characters, etc, (even if you don’t use the literary terms), especially if you talk about the underlying story with him.  Expose him to as much as you can and follow his interests, it will give him the background knowledge he’ll need later for reading comprehension. The wonderful thing about phonics is you learn to read anything.  You first learn how to read, then you practice so that you can read automatically read fluently.  Once you’ve mastered that, anything you can understand verbally, you can read. The more you can understand, the higher your reading level. So even if he’s not ready for the reading part, expanding his ability to understand vocabulary, follow narratives, and the breadth and depth of his background knowledge, will all boost his reading ability once he’s ready to learn the skill of reading. [/quote]

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