There are many schools of thought on how to teach a child how to read; which one is right? I am not sure. Ultimately, however you choose to educate your child in reading don't forget to make the process FUN!! Here are some ideas collected from fellow bloggers/ educators that will help teach, reinforce what your child has learned, and keep them motivated!
Get Moving
- Swat That Sight Word @ School Time Snippets
- Magnetic Letters on the Garage Door @ Sugar Aunts
- LilyPad Vowel Hop @ School Time Snippets
- Word Family Slam @ Toddler Approved
- Hop on Pop Hopscotch @ Coffee Cups & Crayons
- Treasure Scavenger Hunt @ Living Montessori Now
Play a Game
- Word Roll Game from The Activity Mom
- Sight Word Bingo @ Playful Learning Ecademy
- I Spy Sight Word Sensory Bottle @ Sugar Aunts
- Momto2PoshLilDivas has pages of Sight Word Games to help your kiddo(s) learn Sight Words--- Jenga, Tic Tac Toe, Bowling... your child will have LOTS of fun with her great ideas!! Also adaptable for words beyond sight words, too!
Letter/ Sound of the Week
- If focusing on a certain letter, check out No Time for Flashcards; they have made a cute craft (or two) for each letter of the alphabet. We've dazzled up several letters using such ideas!
- THEN, check out Rock A Bye Butterfly's Letter of the Week posts that include workbox ideas, book suggestions, and activities.
Make Your Own Book
- Create your own Sight Word Book @ Boy Mama Teacher Mama
- Box Top Easy Reader @ Busy Kids Happy Mom
Make Up Silly Words
- Check out the Non-Sense Fluency Freebie from Simply Kinder
- Make silly sentences using MegaBlocks @ Filth Wizardry, or
- Learn Play Imagine created a silly phonics game inspired by Dr. Seuss
Turn Phonics Work into Words
- Blender Book Search from Tales of a Teacherista
- Fishing for Words @ Teach Beside Me
- Word Slide Cards from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational
- Peek A Boo Blends Activity from School Time Snippets
Color
- Sight Word Crayon Rubbing @ School Time Snippets
- Q-Tip Letter/ Word Painting @ Rock A Bye Butterfly
- 1+1+1=1's Sight Word Color by Number
Make a Reading Stick
- Help your child keep focused on the written word with these oh so cute, Wiggly Magic Eye Pointers
- or make reading magical and create a Reading Wand like Playdough to Plato.
Use Learning Toys
- Momto2PoshLilDivas shares an amazing list of gifts to encourage and inspire reading.
Word Wall
- Keep track of all the words your child is learning by keeping them visible on a wall like Dragonflies in First
- Word-A-Pillar @ Life with the Moore Babies.
Keep a Reading Log
- Themed Reading Charts @ 3Dinosaurs
- Print a copy of Learn.Create. Love's Reading Challenge
- Make Reading a Sport @ Thinking Kids Blog
- DIY Fruit Snack Letters from LalyMom
- Eat Your Sight Word Activity @ School Time Snippets
- Sew up some Stuffed Felt Letters like Buggy & Buddy
- Letter Stones from Buggy & Buddy
- Sight Word Smash @ School Time Snippets
- Sand Paper Letter Set @ Inner Child Fun
Make a "Special" Reading Place
- Book Fort @ The Pleasantest Thing
- Book Nook from The Good Long Road
Make a habit of visiting your Local Library
Fit Kids Clubhouse shares another 15 Tips to Encourage Reading in Your Child and heading to your local library is one of them!!Read!!!!
- Eight Tips for Reading with a Toddler @ Teach Preschool
- JDaniels4's Mom shares how she is Growing a Reader by making sure books are EVERYWHERE!
- KCEdventures shares 5 Tips to Raising a Reader and suggests reading EVERY day!
- When not reading together, Buggy & Buddy writes you should Make Books Accessible to encourage a love for reading.
- Experiments with Story-telling @ Sugar Aunts; set up a simple invitation to read and possibilities are endless.
- There's Just One Mommy suggests reading to a pet or stuffed animal
- In 4 Ways to Ignite Readers to Read by Growing Book by Book, they suggest you set aside a family reading time.
- Read from the beginning! Growing Book by Book shares Tips for Reading with Newborns to Age 5.
- Check out book lists! School Time Snippets shared a Reading List for Boys and Must Reads for Two Year Olds.
If this doesn't satisfy you, glean more tips from The Educators' Spin On It Spring Into Reading Series where you can see videos of your favorite bloggers/ educators sharing their tips and activities on various topics.
I'd love for you to follow along so you never miss out on one of our fun activities we share at School Time Snippets!
