If you
and your child have created a story, as recommended in Tip #2, here is
what to do next:
#1 -
Purchase or make some flash cards. 3" x 5" index cards work
great!
#2 -
Choose one sentence from your child's story.
#3 -
Print each word from the sentence on an index card - one word per card.
For example, if your child's sentence is, "I have a cat named Tippy," place the word "I" on one card, "have" on
another card, "a" on a card, "cat" on another, etc. For this sentence, you
will end up with 6 vocabulary cards from one sentence.
#4 -
Practice pointing at each letter and sounding out each word.
#5 -
Play a flash card game with your child. When your child is ready, flash
the words to them, and every word your child recognizes, they get to keep the
card.
#6 -
Lay the cards out in a different order. For example: "I have Tippy."
#7 -
When you start to do this exercise, you will be surprised and amazed that your
child will want you to write additional words on cards. Example:
"My" cat "is" named Tippy. Or "Tippy "is my" cat.
#8 -
Continue to add words to your flash card stack.
BE
PATEINT - HAVE FUN - MAKE LEARNING TO READ A GAME!!
It works and you will be
amazed!
Rhonda "Grammy
Pags" Paglia
Rhonda Paglia is a retired elementary
and gifted support teacher from Hermitage,
PA.
She is the author of 3 children’s books.
Her 4th book, "Orion and the 3 Little
Gnomes"
will be released in May 2014.
Her 5th book, "Rockin' Color RAPalicious
Rap"
will be released later this year.
E-mail: grammypags1@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grammypagsstories
Amazon Author
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