Learning Activities For Children » Literacy http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com Learning Activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school aged children. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:40:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Funnix Reading Program Is Free This Month! http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/funnix-reading-program-is-free-this-month/ http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/funnix-reading-program-is-free-this-month/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:00:45 +0000 Melissa http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/?p=258 The Funnix Reading program looks like a really great reading program. I haven’t tried it yet but I am using the book “Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lesson’s” with my 3 year old and 4 year old  which we all love and this program is put together by the author of that book. It combines parent/child or teacher/child lessons with Computer activities.

You can download the beginners program, Funnix 1 as well as Funnix 2 which can be used as a followup from Funnix 1 or the 100 Easy Lesson’s book which goes from sound recognition to 2nd grade reading level. Funnix 2 takes children to a 3rd grade reading level.

This is also an effective program for children with various special needs.

Enjoy your free Funnix Reading Program!

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I am taking a different approach to this with my four year old daughter who is doing very well with her reading lessons. When she can read (probably partly memorizing) the first four articles of faith and then I will take her out for ice cream. After the first four we will work on the next four.

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Using pictures from magazines, colouring books, flier , drawn yourself or  printed off the internet have your child circle pictures that begin with a certain sound. Start with easy to identify sounds such as m, s, d and b.

You can also make cards with the pictures and cards with letters and have your child match the sound with the picture. Laminate the cards to help them last longer.

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