How to teach my son to read

The recognition of words is a very important facet of reading and thanks to this access to reading, we give our children a very large personal autonomy. From home we can teach our children to read and enjoy the experience of discovering the world of reading; The general recommendation is to start when the child is about two years old. And the main rule for this activity to work and be useful is patience. Since, we show you some basic tricks on how to teach your child to read .

You will need to:

books
Stories

Steps to follow:

one

In the first place, it is recommended to use books with many illustrations, which should be explained. The next step will be the use of books with drawings and letters together forming syllables and finally books with drawings and with one or two words. It will be fundamental to adapt the books to the level of reading of our son or daughter so that he is able to understand at all times the story that we are explaining.

two

Above all we should look for stories and books that motivate the child and excite him. The child's attitude will be paramount and, above all, we must make him want to learn to read. In this way, libraries will be our best allies, since they allow us to find an infinity of books among which to choose the most suitable ones for our children. The librarians will also be able to help us to be successful with the children's bibliography.

3

Likewise, cards and a marker can be used to write the names of household objects and label them: chair, table, bed, sink, etc. This way the child will become familiar with the words. In addition to reading books, getting used to seeing the written words will help them to assimilate them and then find it easier to detect them within texts.

4

Children imitate their parents: if they see their parents read, they will also want to do so . This will be one of the main premises to encourage children's reading, you must preach by example. You can choose to read the daily press, thematic magazines, novels, essays ... or anything that falls into your hands! It will be important for children to understand that reading makes us great.

5

It is also very useful to read daily stories to the children, first the father or mother and then ask the child to tell him about it. Even if you do not know how to read, you will interpret it in your own way, so it will also be good to comment later on what the reading was about to explain what you have understood.

When you begin to know how to read, it will be good to tell the child what is written in any element of your environment: advertising panel, magazine, cereal box, etc. This encourages their curiosity and the day will come when they will say: What do you put here? .