Before a child learns to read they usually need to know the letter sounds first.
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 [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2009 in *Preschool, Literacy
Teaching your children to understand how to rhyme is one of the best ways to prepare your preschooler to learn how to read. Remember to explain that for a word to rhyme the last sound has to sound the same.
Choose a variety of different objects around your house/classroom and walk around with your child/ren pointing [...]









