Teaching My Daughter To Read
This is the learn to read system I have used with my daughter to learn to read. It is recommended at the beginning the learner learns one letter a day. Although I always had Thursday off as we visited the library instead. I originally followed the BBC Fun with Phonics programme as it came with a poster. I did find this system was going a bit fast and so added in some breaks and swapped a couple round.
On the next page is my lesson plans that helped my daughter to read a book over the summer holiday and keep me sane. (Just a note when I say learn to read a book over the summer holiday I mean the basic sounds and words / half way threw this programme). Her nick name is the three foot high ninja and so I have used silent as a ninja later on in the lesson plans.
My day went along the lines of TV programme (while my daughter ate breakfast) followed by a letter worksheet in the morning. Flash cards and computer time in the afternoon. A letter game or reading to Daddy when he came home from work. For other letter ideas I used http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/ to print out letters to make them into a poster for her.
The reason for doing this is a hiccup with our residency. If it is not sorted out/solved there is a chance of my daughter changing from kindergarten in Canada to year 1 in England and therefore everyone else in the class would have already been taught the letters. Being Dyslexic myself, I know the whole word / just flash card method did not work for me. I followed partly the phonic method I was taught at eight (Alpha to Omega), the Jolly Phonics which my son was taught at school and the BBC Fun with Phonics programme.
Lesson Sound Vowel Names
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The resources I have used.
Jolly Phonics DVD (Watched a phonics episode most days)
BBC Fun with Phonics Letters and sounds book/DVD/poster (Watched a phonics episode most days and the poster is up)
BBC Fun with Phonics Readiing book/DVD (Watched a phonics episode most days and the books were read)
Jolly Phonics, The Phonics Handbook by Sue Lloyd (daily worksheets for each sound and information on how to teach and games)
Alpha to Omega (The A-Z of teaching reading, writing and Spelling) by Beve Hornsby and Frula Shear. (my reading material on words and games)
I checked and all the books were available from Amazon.co.uk