By Debbie Cluff

%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt;%26lt;br /%26gt;%26lt;br /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt; %26lt;table width="100%25" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"%26gt; %26lt;tbody%26gt; %26lt;tr%26gt; %26lt;td style="text-align: center;"%26gt; %26lt;div style="text-align: left;"%26gt;%26lt;font size="5"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt; Hints for helping your child learn phonics and how to read%26lt;br /%26gt;%26lt;br /%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;It is important for your child to be successful in education, that is why parents understand this list of helpful hints in teaching your child phonics and reading. 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This is perhaps the most important thing you can do to help your child become a reader%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Read and reread your favorite nursery rhymes to reinforce the sound patterns of the language. Enjoy tongue twisters.%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;When you child is already familiar with whatever you are reading aloud, you can run your hangs over the%26lt;span style=""%26gt; %26lt;/span%26gt;words to help your child associate spoken words with the written form%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Read and discuss the alphabet books together and make alphabet books of your own%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Children need to hear 1,000 stories read aloud before they begin to learn to read for themselves. That's 2 stories a day! You can do it! Free books can be dowloaded at www.links-for-learning.com%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;By the age of one, children will have learned all the sounds that make up the native language they are going to speak. But they%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt; can't learn to talk unless they're spoken to. The more we talk and read to our children, the brighter they will be. %26lt;st1:city _moz-userdefined="" style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;" w:st="on"%26gt;%26lt;st1:place _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on" /%26gt;%26lt;/st1%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;Reading Problems%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;%26lt;st1:city _moz-userdefined="" style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;" w:st="on"%26gt;%26lt;st1:place _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on" /%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt; %26lt;/span%26gt;are difficulty to fix, but really easy to prevent.%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/st1%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;If you want to help your child learn letter/sound relationship you might read Dr. Seuss books with your child and notice some of the letter/sound clusters as you enjoy the book%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;%26lt;span style=""%26gt; %26lt;/span%26gt;Take your child to the library and obtain a library card. Make it a regular habit.%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Encourage your child to watch PBS instead of a cartoon. Compare the books they read on these shows with other books.%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Consider obtaining books on tape. %26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;When sharing literature that has some interesting sounds elements and patterns.%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Share what you ar%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt;e %26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;reading%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt; %26lt;/span%26gt;with your child!%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt; %26lt;li class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;Have a go to bed with a book policy%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt;%26lt;/ul%26gt; %26lt;div style="text-align: left;"%26gt;%26lt;font size="3" color="blue" style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt; For additional information on helping your child read please email %26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;Links for Learning%26lt;font size="3"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"%26gt; at%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;a style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;" href="mailto:info@links-for-learning.com"%26gt;%26lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"%26gt; %26lt;/span%26gt;info@links-for-learning.com.%26lt;br /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/font%26gt;%26lt;/div%26gt; %26lt;div style="text-align: justify;"%26gt; %26lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;" class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined=""%26gt; %26lt;/o%26gt;

%26lt;div style="text-align: justify;"%26gt; %26lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"%26gt;*Creating Support for Effective Literacy by C. Weaver, L. Gillmeister-Krause, and G. Vento-Zogby, 1996. %26lt;st1:place _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"%26gt;%26lt;st1:city _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"%26gt;Portsmouth%26lt;/st1%26gt;, %26lt;st1:state _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"%26gt;NH%26lt;/st1%26gt;%26lt;/st1%26gt;: Heinemann. %26lt;o:p _moz-userdefined="" /%26gt;%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/div%26gt;%26lt;/div%26gt;%26lt;/td%26gt;%26lt;/tr%26gt;%26lt;/tbody%26gt;%26lt;/table%26gt;%26lt;br /%26gt;

Debbie Cluff is the owner of Links for Learning, www.links-for-learning.com, an online tutoring and instant homework help site for K-12th grade in Reading, Writing, and Math. She is the oldest of 10 kids, mother of 2 (expecting one more), and a devoted wife. She has her B.A. in Liberal Studies from CalState L.A. and a Master's of Education.