I’ve had a couple of friends recently ask me how to teach a child to read. I’m no expert on the topic – a year ago I didn’t know anything about teaching reading. Today, I know only a little more than nothing. However, what I’ve done with The Naturalist has worked well, and I’ll share it if it is helpful for anyone.
If your child is interested and motivated to learn how to read, the first step in teaching reading is to make sure that your child can identify all their upper and lowercase letters, and can match upper case to lower case. (Don’t worry about confusing lowercase letters b and d – this confuses many kids for quite some time!). Next, kids need to know what sounds the letters make. The easiest way to teach this is to get a copy of the Leap Frog DVD called The Letter Factory. It teaches one sound per letter, is fun, and easy to do. The Dancer knows all her letter sounds (at the age of three!) thanks to this video alone.
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