Teaching Reading

[Cinnamon-mom]

What would you recommend?

I have heard good things about Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, but I also might like Alpha Phonics . . .

I think I prefer her learning the ending sounds (vowel consonant -- an, am, etc.).

[TigerofMu]

There are five components to teaching reading.  A child needs to have working knowledge of all of them to be able to read fluently.  In the beginning, I would work on phonemic awareness (hearing the sounds in letters and words), phonics (knowing the sounds for the letters and blends), and letter ID (naming the letters). There are a lot of different fun activities you can do do promote phonemic awareness, this is something that can be done with a nursery rhyme (rhyming) in the bathtub, finding different words/things that start with the same sound, etc.  I'm not sure about any of the ready-made programs, because I always taught from a balanced literacy program where we worked as a team to make sure all of our children were getting all of the components. 

[lisaliberato]

i have not tried it yet but i am planning on getting for my two younger ones, ages 3 and  5. sing,spell,read, and write. my oldest was in public school till last  year so she already was taught.. its pricey, but i have heard awesome reviews!! you can google it and read reviews if you would like

 

[Starrwd]

I really like the Reading Reflex program, because it is very logical and thorough. I don't necessarily like the author's attitude that her method is the only one that could possibly work for most kids and that you have to follow it exactly with no deviation, but it is good.

[Cenedra64]

Quoting TigerofMu:

There are five components to teaching reading.  A child needs to have working knowledge of all of them to be able to read fluently.  In the beginning, I would work on phonemic awareness (hearing the sounds in letters and words), phonics (knowing the sounds for the letters and blends), and letter ID (naming the letters). There are a lot of different fun activities you can do do promote phonemic awareness, this is something that can be done with a nursery rhyme (rhyming) in the bathtub, finding different words/things that start with the same sound, etc.  I'm not sure about any of the redy-made programs, because I always taught from a balanced literacy program where we worked as a team to make sure all of our children were getting all of the components. 

that's just about what I had to say. I was big on teaching phonics and site to sound when I taught my girls

[Trinamommy]

Both my boys learned to read very quickly with the leap frog leap pad Phonics program. They loved doing it. It was quick and easy. They are both very good readers now and love to read.

[christi78]

Hooked on Phonics uses the word family approach.  My son really liked it and learned very quickly.  He loved being able to put stickers on the chart when he finished a book.  The little books are also very handy for him to take other places (especially Grandma's) to show off his reading skills. I would recommend starting at the Kindergarten level even if you don't have a solid letter/sound base.  That level goes through that, too.