Teaching your child to read at home doesn’t have to be stressful! Here are a few simple ways that you can teach your child to read at home:
Sing songs to develop phonemic awareness “I like to eat apples and bananas” is a great place to start!
The alphabet Introduce the alphabet by asking your child to trace letters of the alphabet - Focus on two to three letters at a time and give them examples of words that begin with the letter.
Word cards Word cards are a great way to help your child learn words by sight. Start with three-letter words such as ‘cat’, ‘dog’ and ‘bee’ as well as an image representing the word on the card.
Matching games Use a set of cards and help your child to match images with the correct word.
Letter magnets Use letter magnets to spell words together.
Word games Play word games when you’re walking or driving - for example, take it in turns to find as many words as you can beginning with ‘B’. (Tip: sound the letter phonetically when playing this game with younger children!).