Teaching Babies to Read Words Beginning With the Same Letters
When you first start teaching your baby to read, try not to show them words that begin with the same letters. For example, don't show them cat, camera and cookie in one set. When you begin to teach your baby to read you are teaching them to recognize the way the word looks. They process the words as if they were an image. They are able to recognize the shapes of the words. When we show them words that all begin with the same letter, we may confuse them a bit.
However, once you have shown your baby 50 words or so, you can certainly show words that begin with the same letters. As a matter of fact, it is an excellent idea to show them words that teach the patterns of the language. This helps your baby to process language and pick up on the phonetic patterns of the language. After your baby has seen several words that start with the letter C, they will intuit, or figure out on their own that the letter C makes a K sound, much of the time.
It is important not to get caught up in the rules however. Your baby will learn language by being exposed to language. If you have words that start with the same letter, don't shy away from presenting them because you may be breaking some rule. Babies are geniuses when it comes to language and they can figure out far more than we give them credit for.
Do you have any questions about teaching your baby to read? If so please share them here.
You can also check out A Guide to Teaching Babies to Read. This video guide takes you step by step through the 8 different ways in which babies learn to read. It has tons of ideas, answers all your questions and shows you how easy it is to do.
Posted by Krista G. at 2/20/2010 3:37 PM 
Categories: How babies learn to read
Tags: Teaching babies to read
Categories: How babies learn to read
Tags: Teaching babies to read
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