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When you teach your child to read you need to have an understanding of phonics Phonics are nothing to be intimidated
about. They are just a visual representation
of the spoken word. We all
instinctively know the phonic
sounds, because we use them every time we
speak. We do not need Also phonics are classed as voiced, unvoiced, nasal, long,
short and a few others. You don’t really need to know all these. They
are to do with the mechanics of saying the phonic sound. To teach phonics
to your child all you have to do is slow right down when pronouncing the
word. Slow down until you are nearly saying the individual letter sounds.
For example when saying “radio,” just stretch out the word when you
speak it. Say “rraayyyddddoooo.” Get the picture. Saying it like that
basically breaks the word down into phonics. The phonics are /r/-/a/-/d/-/ao/,
but don’t teach the written sound letters to your child, as it causes
more confusion. And most importantly they do not need to know those phonic
letters. Normally when you stretch out the word, the child can work out
which letters make which sound. For courses I recommend that teach your children to read and write using phonics see our teach reading page.
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