Tips on Teaching Your Child to Read

In order to teach your child to read, you need to keep a few things and concepts in mind. You will have to imply them so that the information does not become too overwhelming for the child.

Have you ever wondered why children like to play almost all the time? Well, that’s because it is fun and they want to learn! Make reading fun, and I bet you will see kids loving every aspect of it.

Now, I tell you, if you grab a small, thin book or a novel, sit by your child, and start asking him or her to read it, you have already taken the first step towards making your child absolutely “dislike” reading.

The first step is key

The first step is the most important step. What matters is how you introduce the world of “reading” to your child. Do you introduce it as a tedious job, or do you introduce it as a loving, fun way of passing time and gaining valuable information?

Children love recognizing pictures, and they take it as a challenge, and you, the parent, play a critical role here. So, say you have a picture of an apple. How do you ask your child to say it? Not “apple” but “a…..pple”. You say the “a” sound first and then follow the rest of it after that.

Now, what would this do? It would familiarize your child with the letter A. If your child gets stuck, you can make that same sound again, and the kid will be able to finish the whole word for you. You can move on to the next alphabet letter as you get along well and start to see some positive responses from the child.

I would personally suggest that you wait before you hand in a book to your kid and ask him/her to read it. By “book,” I mean where there is a lot of writing without pictures. Take one step at a time and try to make it fun for as long as you can while your child is still too young.

Teaching kids to read through unique ways

Teaching kids to read is a very time-consuming process. Are you a parent who is looking for unique methods to teach reading skills to your child? Did you know that you could use learning games on the internet to help your child gain various reading skills?

Many young children find learning tedious because when we use the word “learning,” it seems like a lot of work. Therefore, if we could find a way to remove the “work” factor and make it a more enjoyable exercise, I’m sure kids would enjoy it more.

Learning games are a brilliant teaching tool that can easily develop a child’s brain power. Such games also involve solving puzzles which not only help your child to learn but also develop his/her mind power and problem-solving skills. You, the parents, are your child's first teachers and even for parents, this method is more fun because they can involve themselves in it. I mean, who doesn’t like solving puzzles?

Studies have shown that almost all children love playing around with the computer. So, while they are learning to read, they are not only doing that but also gaining computer skills that will benefit them throughout their lives. I hardly see schools these days that do not have computers in their curriculum.

Kids enjoy reading and learning

I suggest that you take this step towards your child’s learning very quickly. You never have to force your child into something that he/she doesn’t want to. But I can assure you that almost every kid will enjoy such a reading-learning process. At a young age, learning how to read properly is the only skill that a child needs, and when they possess that skill, they just make the whole process of further schooling a whole lot easier.

If you teach your child the smart way and it catches the Magic of Storytelling, the fact is you will end up making your child a smart person, and we all know that this way, you are making him/her ready for the age of technology at a very young age.