Beginning Reading Help

An early reader who knows some common two letter phonograms will be able to decode or sound out more words. This may prevent the habit of gu...

  Here are a few YouTube videos I've made for short vowel reading. You will find the magnetic letters, magnetic easel, Starfa...

Practice making the short u sound with a child. Make sure the child is able to make the correct sound. The C stands for consonant and the ...

You can teach phonics rules for words before a child can write letters. Magnetic letters make this possible. Some work needs to be done wi...

Many of the easiest words to read have short vowel sounds. There are a number of good phonics books available today for children to practi...

Generally when a vowel is at the end of a word or syllable the vowel will have a long sound, and when a vowel is alone between two consona...

Short vowel sounds are often very hard for children to learn. It is easy to confuse one sound with another. 1. One way for a child to hea...

Learning short vowel sounds is an important step for beginning readers. The most common patterns with short vowel sounds are CVC and VC ...

Wikki Stix can be cut and used to underline letter combinations in books you read outloud to a child. Turn any book into a phonics lesson! ...

A child can read and spell simple words with magnetic letters . I gave my own children access to magnetic letters before they could write l...

Carefully selected books for beginning readers can increase confidence and produce success.  Are Phonics Books or Authentic Text Book...

Starfall ABC  -   Find animations, videos, pictures, and sounds on this site. Reading Bear -   Reading Bear has links to videos and ...

I asked my daughter this morning if she remembers how she learned to read. Her response was, "My teacher read the words with me first...

Some of the trickiest words to read and spell have r/vowel combinations. Make a chart and add words with r/vowel combinations that rhyme w...

The five most important skill areas are: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension. Phonological Awareness - A r...

Ideas for Journal Entries Help a child think of something that would be nice to remember years from now, something exciting coming up, or ...

Teach the most common phonic rules with simple words from these Starfall books . This practice can be started as soon as a reader knows al...

Read poetry and stories with rhyme or alliteration (same beginning sound) Clap syllables in names or words. Read Alphabet books. Most li...

Show the importance of vowel sounds by showing how one vowel change will make a new word. Write or make the first word with magnetic letters...

Many children are taught sight words before they are taught to make the individual sounds in the words . Some children need a little help w...