The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read
The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Sarah Prescott
By Sarah Prescott
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Chapter 1 – Introduce your Children to Reading .......................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2 – Learn the Sounds of the Letters ................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 3 – Practicing Reading with your Toddler ........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Chapter 4 – Building on the Foundation ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Chapter 5 – Bringing it all Together ............................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Conclusion ...................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Additional Resources ..................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Introduction
Who would need this guide: If you’re afraid that your child will fall behind when he or she starts school, then this is for you. This is also for those of you who have a child who can already read, but is struggling. You may just want to give your child a head-start in life, which the ability to read fluently will definitely do. And if you’re a mother of the little bit lazy persuasion like me, then this book is also for you. In this book, I will introduce you to a simple, yet powerful method of teaching your toddler to read, though this method will work with older children as well. All you need is less than 15 minutes a day and you will be well on your way to having a child who can not only read, but enjoys reading. As a bonus, this book isn’t a huge volume of several hundred pages, so you can easily read it in one sitting and start implementing these reading tools today!
Why this is important: Reading is an essential skill: it is the determining factor in early educational success. And to be frank, the Public School system is doing a poor job at teaching reading. Just read the following paragraph and you will see the plight of our country:
The most comprehensive study of literacy ever commissioned by the U.S. government was released in April 2002 and reapplied in 2003 giving trend data. It involved lengthy interviews of over 90,700 adults statistically balanced for age, gender, ethnicity, education level, and location (urban, suburban, or rural) in 12 states across the U.S. and was designed to represent the U.S. population as a whole. This government study showed that 21% to 23% of adult Americans were not "able to locate information in text", could not "make low-level inferences using printed materials", and were unable to "integrate easily identifiable pieces of information." Further, this study showed that 41% to 44% of U.S. adults in the lowest level on the literacy scale (literacy rate of 35 or below) were living in poverty.
If almost a quarter of the United States has such reading difficulty, then are our schools really effective? The bottom line is that if we want our children to read, then we can’t rely solely on the schools: we must teach them ourselves. By Sarah Prescott
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Why should you give your child a head start in reading? As stated above, reading is an essential skill. Without it, children fall behind in every other area. With the simple tools presented here, your child will have a great advantage over every other child in his or her class. Instead of falling behind in school, they will excel. There are hundreds of parents who have used these same exact methods to teach their toddlers to read. I have seen many toddlers who were able to read after using this program. You owe it to your children to give them a head start in life. Instead of living on the poverty level, they will excel their peers and live a successful life.
What is the goal of this report?
The goal of this book is simple: to teach your children how to read and to do it in less than 15 minutes a day, five days a week. You should start to see results in less than thirty days, and within 12 weeks, your child will be reading whole sentences! This is not an exaggeration, but shows the effectiveness of this powerful method.
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Chapter 1 – Introduce your Children to Reading
The first step is to introduce your child to reading. They need to be familiarized with the reading process. This may sound daunting, but don’t worry: I’m going to explain to you step by step how to introduce your child to reading and how to nurture a desire to read. 1. Read aloud to your children This may sound simple, and it is. Simply read aloud to your child or children. This will develop an interest in reading, and will also give them motivation to read as well. Reading aloud is the best advertisement for learning to read and write. A child motivated to read will learn ten times faster than one that has to be forced to read all of the time. 2. Show them the reading process In this step, as you read aloud, use your finger to point to the words as you read them. This does two things. One, it shows them that English books are read from left to right, top to bottom. We take this for granted since we have been reading so long, but young children will not know unless someone shows it to them. Two, this will help them to see that letters represent sounds which are strung together to form words. 3. Model a love for books This step may be hard if you don’t love to read, but it is essential. If you are reading this guide, however, you probably love reading and want your children to love it as well.
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Read a lot of books yourself. Your children should see you read for practical reasons and pleasure. Make frequent trips to the library, book stores, and thrift stores (my personal favorite, as you can find many quality books for practically nothing).
There, no we have a foundation laid. In fact, several reading experts have said that reading aloud to children is the most important activity for building the knowledge required for success in reading. Your toddler should gain a definite interest in reading after reading aloud to them for several weeks, if not days. By the way, this will also help develop your child’s intellect: reading requires much more imagination and thought than watching TV or playing a video game.
You are well on your way to having a motivated child that enjoys reading. The next chapter contains some very essential keys, about which 99% of the American population is ignorant. With these keys, your child will have the tools he or she needs to succeed and excel amongst their peers.
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The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Teaching your Toddler how to Read Chapter 2 – Learn the Sounds of the Letters
I am going to start out this chapter by telling you what not to do. DO NOT START BY TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN THE LETTER NAMES. I apologize for yelling, but this is extremely important. We all remember when we learned the alphabet song, and it all seemed well and good, but it can actually be very harmful and hinder reading progress. The only letters that can actually make the sounds of their name are the vowels: A, E, I, O, and U. For example, in the word “airplane” the second “a” clearly says A, but you will never read a word where “k” says kay, or “f” says eff. It is much better to start off with teaching…
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