How to Teach Kids to Read

Reading is not just about learning to spell the letters and understanding what phonics is, but reading is also about the expressions delivered through the dots and marks found in the sentences and it is also about having some fun while changing your voice according to the characters.

If you want your kids to love reading then you should teach them how they are supposed to read their books in an interesting and exciting way. The whole process of teaching the child to read starts at the reading comprehension strategies before it comes to the part of knowing about punctuation that teaches the kids how to read correctly and even enjoy the whole process while doing so.

The are several tips to consider in order to know how to teach kids to read. It all starts with giving the child the chance to read the story he/she is given and then start asking them simple questions to educate them more on the matter, like pointing to the full stop and asking him/her what this is and why it is placed in the sentence. In addition to stressing on the punctuation part, parents should also teach the kids to read with using their expressions and at the same time know how to read with different tones.

The kind of punctuation that is taught to the kids at the beginning of their reading journey is the simple one which includes the full stop, question mark, exclamation mark, capital letters, etc. These things are important because kids should know why a question mark is placed for, when is it important to write a capital letter and lots of small details that would change how a sentence is read or should be correctly read.

While helping the kids and teaching them to read correctly, parents should try to make it all fun through asking some questions along the way, letting the kids change their tone of voice if there are any speech bubbles in the book. The more parents focus on making it all fun for the kids, the more they will enjoy reading and start doing it all by themselves in the future, but in order to do it right, parents should teach them how to read in the correct way.

Part of reading comes in the initial steps taken while teaching the kids the English letters that will pave the way for them to read full sentences and eventually books . After knowing the alphabet and learning it, the kids come to the part where they should learn to to spell every single letter in the correct way and know whether the spelling of a specific letter should be changed along the sentence if combined with another one – and this is what phonics is all about and why it is important.

It is important to focus on making the whole process of teaching the kids something interesting and this interest usually comes from the fun methods that are followed. Always use your creativity and talent in asking the kids funny questions, asking them to make voices or giving them the chance be the ones asking you their questions – this will always give the kids the chance to love reading and even enjoy those books with speech bubbles.

There are some games which parents should try while they are homeschooling their kids when it comes to English and spelling, these games will teach them phonics correctly and let them spell the words in the right way while they are reading. Sometimes learning English could be also done with using the simple toys of the kids like Lego pieces for example and which could be done through asking them to write down a specific letter and eventually spell it.

Reading is interesting for kids and even for adults but in order for them to enjoy the story and read it correctly without falling in errors, they should both follow the tips that will teach them how to read.


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