Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Make Teaching English Fun with Phonics

Have you ever thought to teach English to your child using phonics? Phonics may sound a bit too technical, but it is actually quite easy. As a matter of fact, all phonics entails is instead of teaching the alphabet as letter names, such as “ay”, “bee”, “see”, you teach the sounds they make that is “ah”, “buh”, “cuh”, and so on.


It is advisable to teach English through phonics by using visual examples of the words and letters that make up the sounds. If you develop and use displays for the children, it would be more fun and help them learn the language easily without any constraints. Whilst preparing the English worksheets for your phonics classes, do not forget to include labels and cards that have the name of the child's toy. This would help the children sound out the word and match it with their favourite toys. You should always try to begin the phonics classes by focusing on the 'short' vowel sounds.


Much of learning phonics is repetition; therefore, it is recommended to be as creative with your tools to teach English. You should try to use a theme as much as possible. This would be much more effective than arbitrarily jumping around using non-associated terms. Also, reward the small successes as children work with your phonics activity. For more information on phonics, visit lcfclubs.com.

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