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How to TALK WITH your baby...

In Reading programs,
we have children in the early language and Literacy programs,
Preventive Reading intervention program, Early Intervention reading programs
And finally, children in the Remedial Reading program...

Running this programs, I have come to see Early Language Literacy programs as the easiest,
cheapest and best while Remedial Reading programs, the hardest and most expensive both
for parents and for us.

A famous War Strategist, Sun Tzu once said, "plan for difficult things while it's still easy" so as reading is a difficult task, I believe we should start early.

Which is good for the child and for us.

What we do in our Early language Literacy program is simply easy.
We Feed these children with nutritious language most of which
Parents can easily do like talking with the baby, reading with him,
Surrounding him in an environment surrounded with books, and so on.

So how can you provide nutritious language learning environment for your child?

You can provide a language nutritious environment, simply by....
No.1: Talking WITH your child
- Begin talking and singing to your child from birth.
Your baby loves hearing your voice. Play peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake.
Recite nursery rhymes or other verses that have strong rhythms and
repeated sounds. Sing lullabies and other songs.

- Play simple touching and talking games together. These games help
a child learn what different parts of the body are called.
PARENT TALK - Ask “Where are your toes?“ Then touch your child's toes and say,
"Here are your toes!“ Repeat several times, then switch to fingers or ears or eyes or the nose.

- Point to familiar objects and name them. When a child hears an object called
the same name over and over, he learns to connect the spoken word with its meaning.
PARENT TALK “Here’s your blanket. Your very favorite blanket.
What a nice, soft blanket!"
- When your child begins to speak, build his language. A child starts talking by using single words and short sentences. You can help by filling in missing words and using complete sentences.
PARENT TALK - Child: “Cookie."
Parent: “Oh, you want another cookie? OK, you can have just one more."
Child: “Go car.“ Parent: “Yes, we’re all going to go in the car. But first, you have to put on your coat.“

- Encourage your child to talk with you. Ask questions that show you are interested in what she thinks and says. Ask her to share ideas and events that are important to her. Ask her questions that require her to talk, rather than just to give yes or no answers. Listen carefully to what she says.
PARENT TALK - "What would you like to do next?"
“What do you suppose made that big noise"


...to be continued!


...Reference: A Child Becomes a Reader produced by
National Institute for Literacy, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (2006).

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Today, My Child can READ because i followed these steps...

My Son had been struggling with Reading for long but when I started doing what was written here...

He is 7 years now and reads books above his age. I suggest you follow these steps to teaching your child to Read!

The first step is to start building the child's phonemic awareness skill (which is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words). A child who is phonemically aware can spot the difference between /bat/ or /pat/, /fit/ or /vit/; can orally blend and combine different separate sounds to form words; can even break words into separate sounds.

How can you help your child learn to do this?

You can help build your child's phonemic awareness skill through reciting and singing rhymes like 'Jack and Jill went up the hill...', by playing sound games -
For example- Get two or three containers, fill one with stones, the other, sand and the last, beads. Name them A, B, C.

Note: You and your child should take part in the filling and the naming of the containers.

Then ask him to close his eyes.

Shake a container and ask "which container made that sound? A, B, or C and what does it contain? Sand, stones or beads?

Note: This should be fun and you can even take turns.

Step 2 &3
In the process of building phonemic awareness, build print awareness too!

Start reading to and with the child.
In your free time, read too or act like you are reading - he has to see you read!

Step 4: Introduce Phonics!
This is another important step in teaching your child to read. My book -ANYONE CAN teach READING - can be your guide.

Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language.

Step 5

(Word) Fluency building
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically.

To get the book - ANYONE CAN teach READing, send a WhatsApp message to -07056635342

Today, My Child can READ because i followed these steps...

My Son had been struggling with Reading for long but when I started doing what was written here...

He is 7 years now and reads books above his age. I suggest you follow these steps to teaching your child to Read!

The first step is to start building the child's phonemic awareness skill (which is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words). A child who is phonemically aware can spot the difference between /bat/ or /pat/, /fit/ or /vit/; can orally blend and combine different separate sounds to form words; can even break words into separate sounds.

How can you help your child learn to do this?

You can help build your child's phonemic awareness skill through reciting and singing rhymes like 'Jack and Jill went up the hill...', by playing sound games -
For example- Get two or three containers, fill one with stones, the other, sand and the last, beads. Name them A, B, C.

Note: You and your child should take part in the filling and the naming of the containers.

Then ask him to close his eyes.

Shake a container and ask "which container made that sound? A, B, or C and what does it contain? Sand, stones or beads?

Note: This should be fun and you can even take turns.

Step 2 &3
In the process of building phonemic awareness, build print awareness too!

Start reading to and with the child.
In your free time, read too or act like you are reading - he has to see you read!

Step 4: Introduce Phonics!
This is another important step in teaching your child to read. My book -ANYONE CAN teach READING - can be your guild, the e-copy costs $5.

Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language.

Step 5

(Word) Fluency building
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically.


..to be cont'd!