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6ETTIN6 R ADY TO READ
Skiffs o childneedst
. MOTfVATfON- if yourchildis inguisitive
works,
obouthowreading
they willf indthe processmuchmoreinteresting.
Youconhelpby:
-
of books
shoringyourenjoyment
reodingstoriesondtolkingoboutthe pictures
eventsin bookswith yourownshoredexperiences
comporing
pointout signsondlogoswhenyougoshopping
teochingthemnurseryrhymesondsongs.
. MEMORY
if yourchildseemsto be memorising
- don'tbe concerned
rother thon reodingthe book(ondpleasedon't coverupthe
pictures).Memoryis o keyskillfor reoding.
Youconhelpby:
- ployingsimplecordondboordgomeslikesnopond
lotto
ploying'Kim'sGame'-put 4 or 5 objectsono troy. Giveyour
childtimeto lookot them.Coverthe troy ondoskyourchildto
nomethe objects
relatethe keyeventsof onoutingto onotherodult,"First
etc.
we.........
, fhenwe,............,"
- mostchildrenwon'tbe readyto reoduntilthey
CONCENTRATfON
for 5-10minutes.
consustainconcentrotion
Youconhelpby:
- tryingto moketimeto reod,ployboordgomesor do
the
jigsawswithyourchildof timesthroughout
doy,ideollywhenyouore not too busyandyour
childis nottoo tired,soyouconrelox
together.
the shopesin
. SEEINGAND HEARING
- in orderto recognise
childrenneedto be goodqt identifyingthingsthot arefhe
reading,
sqmeor diff erent. YouconhelPbY:
ondfrocingoctivitiesto focusondetoil
- usingdrowing
skillswith,eg,'Findthe hidden....'in o
observotion
- developing
picture.
At EostPrestonInfonts,we introducethe letter soundsin o porticulor
orderstartingwith:
s ot P in
NB - At this stageit is moreimportontto leqrntheletter soundsrather
thon the letler nome.Youconhelpyourchildto leornthe sound
by:
(phoneme)
thot goeswith eochletter (gropheme)
the octionsthot gowith eochsound
- proctising
- 'writi ng' the letter with a f ingeronthe child's bock
so they canfeelthe shoPe
- writethe letter with o stick in sond
to mokeletter shopes
cloyor ploydough
- usemodelling
ffiffi
- put the fettersoroundthe gordenond
throwor kicko bollof the letterthot
mokesthe 's' soundetc, (dothe some
indoorsby throwingo rolleduppieceof
poper)
l lettersto the top of smollcors,"driveto the
- sticksmof
garage
the cor with the 'o' sound"
, etc
- a6oveoll, hovefun ondbe creative.
thesesixsoundsthey canbeginto blendthe sounds
Oncetheyrecognise
togetherto mqkewords.
Youconhelpby:
the
"p - q - t" ondthe childblends
- soyingo wordossounds,eg
soundstogetherondsoysthe word
lettersor letterswrittenon
- mokewordsusingmognetic
of poperthot yourchildconsoundout ondblend,
sguores
e g"t-o-p ".
ondthe fun continues!
Groduolly
morelettersore introduced
RECO6NISIN6'
KEYWORDs,
Thereore sornewordsthot qre usedso often in the readingbooksthot
to soundout,so
yourchildwillencounter
ondsomeof thernore impossible
your chifdjust needsto knowthemossoonos they seethem.These
wordsare keywords.Youconhelpby:
- cuttingout the wordsyourchildis givenondusethemosflash
cords
in ploceswherethe
- stickthemoroundthe houseor bedroom
childcqnreodthemosthey 9opost
Ithel
rcl
soid
- loythe cordsoround
the floor-"go andcollectinyourbqsket
the word'wos"', etc
- becreative!
theywillbeginto bringhome
withtheir reoding
As yourchildprog?esses
bookswith colouredlobelsfor themto proctiseof home.To helpyouto
to the booklobelwifl olsobe
cordwhichcorresponds
helpthem,o colqured
sentgivingtipsondguidonce.
Remember:
try ondkeepreodingfun ondenjoyable.Try to avoidfriction
impoctonottitudesto reoding.Proise
or tension,
osthis hosa negative
shouldbe givenfor hovingo gol
ondencouragement