Parent Tips for Supporting Early Reading Skills

Parent Tips for Supporting Early Reading Skills

Phonological Awareness is a fancy word for a child’s ability to play with sounds and words. As a parent there are many things you can do to help your child develop their language skills.

These don’t have to be boring ‘homework’ activities. Rather they can be fun, entertaining games you play as you drive to the store, walk along the street, or prepare supper.

These tips are designed to show you a few tricks and strategies you can use during regular daily activities, that will strengthen early language skills.

We hope you find this information helpful.

Click on this link to view the Phonological Awareness Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0G6teawxls

As we progress through this series of activities you will notice we are moving from the Big parts of language to the smaller parts.
Everything we are talking about here is based on ORAL Language.
It is all about listening and speaking. Playing with words, and sounds.
Although we are presenting these in order, your child doesn’t have to master the first skill before moving on to the second. You can mix it up and have fun!

Part TWO – Sentences are Made Up of Words

Clink on this link to view the video Helping Your Child Understand that Sentences We Say Are Are up of Words: https://youtu.be/SJ0BiE_RWIo?list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf

Part Three – Rhyming

Click on this link to view the video Helping Your Child Become Aware of Rhyming Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Fct6awdLc&index=8&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf

Click on this link to view the video Helping Your Child Say Rhyming Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTCHwmO6V5g&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf&index=1

Part Four – Blending

Click on this link to view the video Helping Your Child Blend Syllables to Form Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G35aguUQzCo&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf&index=6

Click on the video Helping Your Child Blend Word Parts into Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYNXs_4l4VA&index=5&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf

Part Five - Segmenting

Click on the video Helping Your Child Clap or Tap Syllables in Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Q_IPq2_5s&index=7&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf

Click on the video Helping Your Child Break Spoken Words into Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q4VCMIWNjo&index=3&list=PLX4zoFR8m8tDXLjDnKELTn4M9dNWGEcxf

Part Six - Isolating

Part Seven - Deleting

Part Eight - Substituting

If you have any questions about these strategies and activities, please reach out to your child’s teacher.

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