4. Now it’s time to learn words. You can watch shows like “Sesame Street” or “The Electric Company”. These shows used fun characters to sound out the letters in words and bring them together as words. Another way is to involve the entire family. Give each person a few pieces of poster board. Attach each piece to a different object around the house.

Since your child is beginning to read, these objects should be one syllable words like mom, dog, cat, and dad. On the poster board, write them with dashes between each letter, like this: d-a-d. Call out each sound with your child repeating after you. Now, try to get them to put the sounds together and say the word.

5. Now it’s time to give your child a book. The last way to teach reading is to let them read it for themselves. Start with a simple book with one syllable words.
Pictures will help kids with the words if they get stuck on a sound. The colors in the book should be vibrant and full of life. If you can find a pop-up book, that will be even better. After they read, they can pull the paper lever and see the picture rise to life.

Reading is not the easiest thing in the world to teach. But when kids are young their minds absorb things like a sponge. Teaching them at this age is fun and they retain more information. Remember – once they start reading don’t ever let them stop!