During my childhood, I was not exposed to phonics. Today, phonics is a popular topic for pre-schoolers. The lower primary schools textbooks cover the advanced level of phonics too. So, what is phonics?
Phonics is a step by step guide to help preschoolers read and spell.
My child's pre-school introduced phonics at the age of 4. Her teacher was always complaining to me that she was unable to remember the phonics sound. I tried to coach her myself, and I faced the same problem as the pre-school teacher. One day, when I have a chance to talk to some parents of my child's classmates, I realised that my child was not alone.
I searched for books and internet to learn ways and means to help my child. I have a good friend who helped me on this too. I took more than a year to master the correct techniques on teaching phonics.
Looking back, I tried to analyse my child's problems. Firstly, she may not be ready to learn phonics at 4 year-old. All of us are good at something and poor at others, we are simply not perfect. Also, the child is not to blame for her weaknesses, the teacher played a part too. Her teacher was unable to develop her interest in the subject and helping her learn. Just like adults, when we have get over the basic, we will be motivated to go deeper into the subject.
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