Getting your toddler starting to read can be fun; teaching beginner sight words
It is a well know fact that young children with an active exosure to language have many social and educational advantages over their peers. One of the best exposures to language is learning at least 100 sight words so that your child can begin to form easy sentences as well as recognize individual words outside of a complete sentence.
Young children must learn that individual words, when grouped together form a sentence. Using Little Reader Blocks will help your child understand this method of forming sentences from individual words and his lessons will be both fun as well as educational. These bright 3" cubes are color coded: Green/nouns, Blue/verbs, Red/promouns, Yellow/adjectives and White/prepositions.
As your child begins to recognize several different words you can begin to seperate those blocks from the group and have the child make a simple sentence - or you can lay the sentence out for him and ask him to read the words.
SIGHT WORD BLOCKS Using our sight word blocks Little Reader Blocks in your child's educational development will lay a foundation for later independent reading. But, before your child can read independently, he/she will need a set of skills called emergent literacy skills. These skills include -
- having a large vocabulary of words and knowing how to use them
- understanding that words are made up of smaller sounds (known as phonemic awareness)
- understanding that marks on a page represent letters and words
- knowing the letters of the alphabet
And never under estimate the importance of books and reading aloud to your child. This will help your child make the transition to more advanced reading. Between the ages of 1 and 3, your child will have triumphs as well as many reading challenges. You, as a parent and teacher, can help you child in this transition as you read stories about other kids and how they handle situations they, themselves, face each day (such as things under their bed, potty training, sharing and much more).
While eager to learn about the world and experience it, your toddler also needs a strong connection with you. Reading together regularly can strengthen that connection, helping your toddler feel safe and comfortable. Set up a time every day and sit down and read with him/her and play with Little Reader Blocks.
It is also a good idea to introduce your child to the library as soon as you think he/she will be ready for this experience. Have him help you select a book and find a quiet table where you can read to him. He will quickly learn that the library offers him many different topics to read about. As he is shown books about different animals, objects and people you will be able to pick up verbal clues as to what is interesting to him. Checking out books you know interest him assures you he will want to read them over and over again.
Author: Garolyn Bowen
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