| Your teaching reading skills should include phonics | | | | I also read aloud as often as possible as that is |
| as phonics are a great help to students who are | | | | very helpful. When reading aloud always follow the |
| struggling with reading. A number of educators will | | | | words with your finger or a pencil so your child |
| swear that phonics are the way to go when | | | | knows which sound goes with what word. |
| teaching reading. And there are also the educators | | | | Now back to phonics. I like the Montessori method |
| who swear the whole language method is the | | | | of teaching reading as she uses sandpaper letters |
| best. | | | | and these help plant the words in the child's mind. |
| I have found that children who have problems | | | | Also she is a great believer in phonics. |
| usually always respond to phonics. With phonics | | | | Phonics are not a problem to learn as we use |
| the students have a map to follow as they learn | | | | them everyday when we speak. They are just |
| to decode the words. Then they have to learn | | | | the visual representation of the sounds we make |
| what the words mean. | | | | when we speak. So once your child knows the |
| So it is a two step process. | | | | code to the sounds it is only a short hop to |
| You will actually see students who can read very | | | | reading fluency. When you are upgrading your |
| well but you soon realize that they do not | | | | teaching reading skills make sure you add phonics |
| understand what they are saying. That is another | | | | to your arsenal of teaching skills as they do make |
| teaching reading skill that you have to be aware | | | | a difference. |
| of. | | | | |