This may seem to be the easiest thing to do, but the child won t learn as well, and you could still be stuck there doing the same thing next year. Use the first letter and the sentence as clues. Look and see. You could cover all but the beginning of the word with your finger. Show the child how to blend the sounds.
Many children have trouble sounding words out.
Let them hear how you smooth out those sounds. Help the child look for something familiar inside big words. Some words follow spelling patterns, like at, or ake . These letters often appear together, making words that rhyme. Some big words are just little words put together.