Tips to teach your child to read?

[Mildez]

DD 5 starts kindergarten next year and I'm trying to teach her to read. So far she knows all her single letter sounds and can read simple 3 letter words like dog, mat, pet, fat, top etc. does anyone know any good websites etc that I can print out sight words and should I now teach her the double letter sounds like 'oo', 'oa' etc. any advice is greatly appreciated.

[surprised]

Mem fox has a great book about teaching kids to read- I think it's called reading magic.

ABC reading eggs seems to have a great reputation.

Don't stress too much - school is for learning to read. Although I'm sure I'll be trying to teach mine when they're older!

[BellyBelly]

Im no expert but happy to share my experience - my daughter was great with reading from a young age and is two grades ahead every year with reading assessments.

I think genetics probably play some part, as there is a history in my family of great english skills (my grandmother said she used to get awards at school) and learning difficulties like dyslexia can run in families too. But, I read a great deal with my daughter. We'd spell out the name letters on her door everytime we went through it and she could spell her name at twelve months old. I strongly believe its lots of practise and picture books/flash cards as we learn in images. If I said to you, 'dog' you'd see an image of a dog in your head, not the word d_o_g. Then the word is on the back or with it in some way. Good luck

[Olive]

We got DD ABC reading eggs in July last year, best thing we did! I thought her correctly hw to read, she reads well above her age, she's in prep

[Artechim]

I am a big fan of reading eggs. They have a free two week intro to see if you like it before you commit to it.

Rhymes/word families are important eg ten, pen, den, hen

[Phteven]

The single most important thing is to read to them. Every day.

[Nai]

The single most important thing is to read to them. Every day.

Yeah that! I didn't do anything other than read to my DD1 and help her develop a love of books and story telling. Actually the only other thing was to get her to draw her story in pictures, then tell it to me and I would write it for her. She is reading and writing at a level almost 2 years above her age currently and loves books. The Mem Fox book is great but basically reinforces the "read, read and read some more" approach.

[Mum2SweetCs]

fyi mumgo has 50% off subscription to reading eggs if you are interested. I havent used it but was looking into it