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T requires some basic knowledge of reading methods and some learning supplies: letter shapes, books, magazines, etc. that the child can use to explore the world of reading.

However, there are also some other things that are required to make the whole reading program a success.

Trinity Montecristo has some practical tips of what is involved.

Teach Your Child To Read – 5 Things You Need to Know to Be Successful

Most parents these days are very pro-active when it comes to their children’s education.

Many parents are so disillusioned by the school system that they are taking firm control of their child’s education; be it to home school their child completely, or simply to home school preschool their child before he or she enters the school system.

There are numerous benefits to teaching your child to read early. However, sometimes parents are at a loss as to what will be required of them when it comes down to it.

There are 5 things every parent should be aware of, and prepared for, when choosing to home school or preschool their child, in order for them to be guaranteed success. These 5 things are:

Teaching Your Kids To Read Tip #1: Make a Commitment

If you are like me, you are a busy parent, spouse and business person. You have to run a home, keep a job and do everything else in between! Whatever method you use to teach your child to read, you the parent must take the time to set it up and implement it. Also, you will be the one who will have to constantly motivate and encourage your child to keep at it. As long as you stay committed to the process, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Teach your children to read: Commitment, patience, dedication

Teaching Your Kids To Read Tip #2: Arm Yourself with Patience

You’re a parent. Need I say more? Patience comes standard with the job. If you didn’t have patience you’d have gone crazy a long time ago. Just remember that your child is learning a completely new concept. Just like learning to walk or talk, reading requires practice and repetition.

There will be days when you’ll feel like pulling out your hair because your child keeps forgetting the same word over and over again. Just remember this is how they learn and tomorrow you will be amazed at their progress.

Teaching Your Kids To Read Tip #3: Setting the Mood

As with most things you do with your child, being in the right mood is important. Have you ever tried to get your child to pack away his or her toys in the middle of their favorite TV show? Then you have surely witnessed the start of World War III!

Make sure that when you begin to teach your child to read, both you and your child are in the mood for their reading lesson. If either you or your child is feeling sick or grumpy or irritable, there is absolutely no harm done in skipping that lesson. It is better to wait for when you are both feeling better. Not only will this save you a lot of time and aggravation, what you absolutely don’t want to do is create an environment where your child begins to resent reading. Remember, reading is fun. It’s fun for you to teach your child to read and it’s fun for your child to learn to read.

Teaching Your Kids To Read Tip #4: Time and Setting

As parents, we all know that children are creatures of habit. If when you begin to teach your child to read you ensure that you have a time and place dedicated towards your child’s reading, you set up a comfortable routine for them and they will settle in and respond favorably to their reading lesson. Also, by being consistent, you show your child that they are important to you and so is their reading success, and they in turn will go out of their way to impress you. So, be prepared to be impressed!

Teaching Your Kids To Read Tip #5: Consistency and discipline

Of course, like with all things the time will come that, once your child gets the hang of it, they will almost certainly begin to get bored. Their confidence will grow and they will think that they don’t have to do the same things over and over again.

You, the parent must be prepared for this and be a step ahead of your child. Consistency and repetition is the key to success, so being disciplined (especially when you are home schooling your child and are in it for the long haul), and consistent about the whole thing is the key.

Home schooling or home school preschooling your child doesn’t need to be a chore. Do your research, find the right tools, follow the guidelines listed above and enjoy the journey.

Trinity specializes in home school and home school preschool reading. If you want a method to teach your child to read EASILY and FAST, you can find out more about our wonderful reading system, “Teach Your Child To Read & Reading with Phonics” by visiting our website at: http://www.yourchildcanreadin30days.com

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I know a lot of parents who are teaching their child the alphabet and letter names, in the hopes that learning the alphabet will make learning to read easy.

These parents are often not aware how teaching a child how to sound out words is different than teaching how to spell a word, and that the first method will produce faster and easier results for the child.

Here is a good video on how to sound out words when teaching a child to read:

Teaching Reading: Phonics Lessons – Sounding Out Words

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These days many parents are taking a greater interest and more active role in their kid’s education. You will seldom encounter a pregnant woman who is not already thinking about what activities to sign up for, what music to play, and what books to read to her yet unborn child.

Once the baby finally arrives, many moms begins to engage her new babies in all manner of ways to ensure that his or her motor skills, problem solving skills and cognitive function are fully developed.

Obviously, reading is also high on these parents’ list. They are taking the job of teaching their child to read out of the hands of the school system and are undertaking this greatest of tasks themselves.

Whether you are home schooling your child, or simply an enthusiastic pro-active parent who wants to give their child a head start, here are some tips for teaching your child to read early.

Here are some tips from an article by Rachel Cicurel that was published on Ophrah.com (you can find it here.

Begin the Process Early

In her 24 years of experience, Nancy Singer—a kindergarten teacher at Harlan Elementary School in Birmingham, Michigan—has found that it’s never too early to help kids grasp the concept of reading.

“Even for kids who are 2 or 3 years old, reading aloud can help them understand that the funny little marks on paper have meaning,” Nancy says. “[This] is why we encourage people to read to their kids when they are very, very young.”

Nancy, who has a master’s degree in reading, also suggests teaching children by making letters out of Play-Doh, writing in the sand, drawing on the carpet and using pipe cleaners to create words.

With kids who are 3 or 4 years old, Nancy says, half the battle is getting them over that initial fear of reading on their own, even if that means they’re just pretending to read by reciting a story from memory. In their moments of frustration, you should remind them that everyone can read the pictures and take the time to sit with them as you decipher stories page by page.

Teach your child to read: Read for meaning and have fun

Read for Meaning

Lenny Sanchez, a professor of reading methods at Indiana University’s School of Education in Bloomington, Indiana, warns that reading is not only about decoding, or deciphering the letters into fluid sounds to make words. “There’s a misconception that children learn to read and then read to learn,” Lenny says. “Reading, for me, is always about making meaning.”

A good reader also reads fluently, and to help children develop that skill, it often means refraining from jumping in when they skip a word or miss a sound. Lenny says actions like this will break children’s flow and take the focus off understanding the reading and place it onto decoding, a skill they will grasp over time.

Lenny also believes it’s important to ask children detailed questions while they read to help develop their comprehension abilities. Reading, he says, always involves a purpose, and pinpointing that is often as simple as asking a child what he hopes to find out. By setting up the purpose ahead of time, the child is looking for the deeper meaning of the text throughout the entire story.

Choose the Best Possible Text

As children become more comfortable with the reading process, Lenny says to be very cautious with your text selections. Ultimately, you must balance the desire to push your children toward success without setting up unrealistic expectations.

Set a Good Example

Inevitably, children are watching (and following) your every move, which makes it even more important to set an example that reading can be an enjoyable part of your daily routine. Meg Carroll, a professor at Saint Xavier University in Chicago with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, strongly believes that if you don’t make reading a part of your own life, you will have much more difficulty emphasizing the importance of reading in a child’s life.

“Kids learn that they are forced to read by adults, but once the kid becomes an adult, they choose not to read,” Meg says. “They think you never do it again, so they assume it must be bad, and that is not the message we want to send our kids.”

In her own home, Meg read aloud to her kids until they entered high school. In her classroom, she continues to ask her students what has happened in a story and then helps them look back to find the answers in an effort to constantly model the behavior of a good reader.

Enjoy the Outcome

Ultimately, every second you spend reading with your child will make a difference. Not only will you be reinforcing good habits and comprehension skills to help them succeed, but also making amazing memories along the way.

“Reading is my favorite thing to teach,” Nancy says. “It’s so cool to watch the light bulb go off and realize they get it. And the best part is that they, too, are so excited.”

Read the entire article here.