How to Teach Your Child
the Alphabet
Reading is the KEY to knowledge
From our third year on earth
virtually until we die our reading ability will improve if we enjoy
it
From being two years old
and recognising the letter a
We are reading
Reading has to be taught
Trying to read without learning
the alphabet is as impossible as trying to count without knowledge
of the numbers one to ten
And the place system
Twenty six letters and their
differing combinations in sound is all we need know, to read over
half a million words in the English language,
AND
Twenty years in school rooms to obtain the basic background to any
subject
UNLESS YOU REMEMBER
THAT
Eventually
every word is a picture and the brain works at the speed of light
EVERY
ONE OF US HAS INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGE
EVERY
ONE OF US ACTS UNCONSCIOUSLY AS A TEACHER EVERY DAY
EVERY
ONE OF US LEARNS MASSIVE AMOUNTS
OF INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS
The responsibility of teaching
a child to read is clearly that of its parents
How do we teach a child
to read without professional qualifications?
WE
USE OUR COMMON SENSE
Trying to beat the naturally
most efficient method of teaching reading by learning the alphabet
in phonetic sound form first, will only delay the child's reading
ability.
The alphabet will have to be learned in alphabet sound at some time,
learning the alphabet by chanting is easy.
Reading the alphabet is
our first reading lesson.
Some things can be learned
as a group, or be taught on an individual basis.
Learning the rhythmic sound of the alphabet is one of those items.
Verbal ability in saying
the alphabet is easy for every healthy child
Recognition of the vocal
sound of the alphabet is an essential first layer of knowledge
In reading
Just like reading numbers
that we are first taught to articulate, once we know the order of
the numbers verbally, we can associate the symbol with the verbal
memory we already have.
So with letters once we
have learned the alphabet verbally, the next process is to recognize,
first the symbols/letters, and then the written words as pictures.
We are building mental maps, layer upon layer of information.
Visual recognition of every
letter separately is
the second layer of knowledge
in teaching
reading
The mother and father of
every child need to sing the alphabet
to the child as often as possible
Parents teach children to
speak unconsciously
by using abacus one and the game chance encounter children unconsciously
learn mental arithmetic
and basic mathematics
On the child's third birthday,
ideally, formal teaching by the parents should begin. Both parents
and children have a great deal to learn, with 10 minutes a day set-aside
for mathematics, and 20 minutes a day set-aside for reading. Two
years tutoring, only 365 hours will ensure most children enter primary
school with the ability to read and understand mental arithmetic
By the child's third birthday
it will have developed its initial ability within speech, just as
initial ability within mathematics and reading the other two essential
basic skills which we have to formally teach preferably from three
years old, speech is an ability that grows naturally in parallel
with the child's ability within mathematics and reading.
Every parent needs to be
informed of their responsibilities, and the possibilities within
their grasp of raising the level of their children's basic skills
Every child taught basic
skills properly, will be both happy and educationally fulfilled
for the rest of their life
their ability’s in learning will be enhanced throughout their formal
education and they’re chosen career.
A child taught to read wisely and widely will be both able to teach
themselves whatever they wish, but even more importantly it will
allow their imaginations to link with the great thinkers from both
the past and present.
Quality reading is mankind’s
surest road to self-fulfilment.
Rhythmic alphabet
is the first visual resource to be used in teaching, the visual
layout of the six lines of our verbal chant/song
alphabet rhythm
a
b c
d
e f g
h
i j k
l m
n
o p q
r
s t u
v
w x y z
First
reader
Every child being taught
to read in English needs to be able to say the alphabet off by heart
before it actually is able to read it.
There are six lines written above in lower case illustrating the
natural rhythm of the alphabet. It can be used to illustrate where
the letters are in this format, it can be used to illustrate the
first and last letter on the lines, it’s real purpose is to allow
the teacher/parent/friend/sister/brother/classmate to illustrate
the layout, in a visual and mental form of the rhythmic chant which
we are using to lock in the alphabet as a verbal first lesson in
reading.
This resource is produced in plastic with six strips for the child
to overlay the written letters
Even a very young child
can recognise the pattern of letters
I regard this rhythmic alphabet as the best in accelerated learning
and pure Maria Montessori in concept
When the child can assemble
the alphabet in single letters reading them from any point in the
alphabet it is ready to take the next leap forward
Phonetic recognition of
individual letters and syllables
Teaching phonetics as the
third layer of vital information in reading
The child overlies cards
containing vital words and syllables with individual letters under
the control of the parent or individual, an older child.
At this point in phonetic
teaching is best carried out on a one to one basis
Every child learns phonetic
sounds at a different rates
every child need assistance to formulate their
vocal visible
sound and a sight memory
Every parent is best qualified to
teach their own child
phonetics
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