Phonics: how to teach your child letter sounds Familynatters

[kingstonprimaryone]

This is great. I have all the sounds broken down into their groups as well as examples of each sound used in a word (s, sad). I also have the first group of sight words with more to come.

[kissesjojo1001]

i do not like ti

[suzanne19771]

my poor 5 year old is also finding it hard!!!!!

[omigrad]

"You" is generally considered a sight word because the "ou" phonograph usually says ow - cow (as in shout) or the long "o" sound as in pour. When rules are not easily applied, or are too difficult to teach based on age and/or level, sight reading can be an acceptable substitution, especially for 3-letter words. That's why I usually teach "you" as a sight word.

[homeschoolmommaof3]

@TheDyslexicwon

Because some phonograms make more than one sound. "oi" is a multi letter phonogram that makes a different sound when the two letters are added together, like 'ph' which say /f/. 'Ch' says three sounds /ch/, /k/, and /sh/.

[DMZUSSR]

my daughter is somehow begining to read but has not mastered the alphabet at first i thought she was just memorising the book but she is spelling the words as well how ?

[susandoyle11]

Some children simly CANNOT learn to read using phonics. They HAVE to learn using sight words. Others utilize phonic methods well, and round out their reading with high frequency sight words. I didn't understand this until my 12th year of teaching reading. From then on, I made sure to incorporate several modalities and both methods in my teaching.

[omigrad]

Two primary sounds for "oo" - food, spoon/good, foot (also r controlled such as door).

CH changes based on origin...ch-chicken is most common/ch-chef if from French (thus Michigan)/ch-chemistry I believe is German.

"YOU" is generally considered a sight word, such as one and two...as are many of the most common words.

"oi" usually said oi-boil, especially before "l"

Final syllable "tu" says "ch"

I may be off on some of these, but they are answered to the best of my knowledge.

[homeschoolmommaof3]

@omigrad

You is a three letter word with two phonograms in it. Y and OU. The phonogram OU says /OO

/ as in you, /ow/ as in our, /O/ as in four, and /u/ famous.

[cheesecrumpit]

why's it out of order?

[frankandcathy]

Margot, read some of John Taylor Gatto's research on declining literacy rates in America and you will see a direction correlation with lack of proper phonics instruction. Whole language instruction has casued more illiteracy than you can possibly imagine. Articles abound on this online. For heaven's sake, Dr. Seuss himself (Theo Lesig) said it when interviewed on the topic. Is there a greater authority? LOL.

[frankandcathy]

The sound for "ng" is not correct here.

I found this phonics presentation very weak. Most of these phonograms have more than one sound associated with them and should be taught all at once. For instance, "a" says /a/, /A/, /o/. "ou" has four sounds associated with it and 'oo" has three. Every vowel has more than one sound and most consonants do as well. Wanda Sanseri's program is much better.

[homeschoolmommaof3]

@frankandcathy

We use Spell to Write and Read in our homeschool. Love it!

[abcwritestartread]

@homeschoolmommaof3 How nice! Indeed it's a wonderful program and is EASY to use. You GO GIRL!!! Christine DAmico, Reading Specialist

[gongfubaby]

i like your video.very much!

but could you tell some thing about

"schwa"sound in phonics.

and

e ,i ,o ,u,the each of the four vowel letters also has schwa sound,that is right???

please tell true or faulse.

please reply me!

thanks very much!

[VirginiaAnnHarris]

There are only 34 letter sounds (26 letters, 8 of which have two sounds).

Check out The Letter Sound Song with Sharky the Puppet Shark and Virginia - right here on youtube...

Enjoy it - it's fast and fun, and it really helps learners remember the letters and their sounds.

[woobearooster]

Thanks for posting. My child follows this same phonics learning system at school in Australia & it is awesome I can't believe how quickly she is learning to read. PS it is learnt in conjunction with "tricky words" that can not be sounded but are committed to memory.

[komradical]

English: 26 letters, 44 Phonemes, 300++ spelling patterns, 250000++ words in the Dictionary, and a 12 minute memory span for most children under 9 years old!

and do have a nice day....

[rpforliberty2008]

Margot is right. Phonics are a complete waste of time.

[qalballah]

Margot, children read - they actually decipher the words through breaking down the word into into its phonic bases. What you are describing is simply guesswork of memorisation. That doesnt work for 90% of people.

[rpforliberty2008]

No they don't.

[Familynatters]

I don't agree with you Margot.

[margot980]

This is absurd. Children learn to read with pictures, it's about recognition of pictures, then words. Then phrases.

Phonics come later, not first.

I could read long before I knew what the letters were called.

[love2run122]

Well, pictures aren't always there. Phonics teach you rules to go by to learn how to read. I read newspapers at age four without the aid of pictures. I used rules taught to me by phonics. For instance, I learned to read the word "phonics", because I memorized the sound "ph" made via phonics.So absurdity just is not a qualified comment margot. Have a pleasant day.