Learning to Read Games: Practice in Decoding and Sight Word Mastery When children are learning to read, it is essential that they have ample opportunity to practice decoding words and phrases. One way to provide this practice is through the use of games. Games can be an enjoyable way for children to learn while also […]
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Sight Words and Symbol Imagery – Learning How to Read The top 10 sight words that every child should know and instantly identify by end of kindergarten: the of and a to in is you that it These are the top 10 sight words that every child should know to be able to effectively read
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The second floor to the construction of ‘reading success’ is phonics or decoding and sight words and use of symbol imagery. Let’s discuss phonics or decoding first. To have a strong foundation for mastering decoding, your child must be proficient with phoneme awareness as I discussed first. The next floor is decoding and sight words
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Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds-or phonemes-in spoken words. It is a critical first step in learning to read. These activities will help improve your child’s phonemic awareness. Word Search: Create a grid of squares on a piece of paper. Write words in each grid square. This game
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If you’re looking for ways to help your child develop phonemic awareness, you’re in luck! There are plenty of activities you can do at home to support your child’s learning. Check out these phoneme awareness activities for parents to use with their kids. Sound Sorting: This activity is a great way to help your child
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If you’re looking for ways to help your child become aware of phonemes, or the individual sounds in words, there are plenty of games your children can do in daily life to promote phoneme awareness. Below are a few examples: Tongue Twisters: This game is a great way to help children identify different sounds and
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Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: More Games for Parents to Use with their Kids Phoneme awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds, or phonemes, in spoken words. Phoneme awareness is a key building block for success in learning to read. These games can help parents work on phoneme awareness with their kids
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Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids. Most parents are familiar with the basic building blocks of reading – the alphabet. But did you know that there are smaller units of sound within each letter? These are called phonemes, and they are the key to helping your child become a
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How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness Like all buildings, they get their strength from their foundation. This allows for the many floors of a building to be added. Just as in architecture, literacy success relies upon a ‘strong foundation.’ In literacy, this foundation is called ‘phoneme awareness.’ This is the ability to hear
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Should reading technology only be used as a ‘supplemental’ tool for a child’s reading success? To answer this question, we should to look at both sides of the argument. What is most important is that parents and educators make the decision based on what they feel is best for the individual child. The pros of
