To answer this question i need to talk about Haris...i did teach him alphabet without knowing about phonics...he knows his alphabet at age 1yr 6 months..then i just let him explore book without knowing what to do to make my baby can read...pity him!..when i was about to come back to Malaysia...he was about 2 yrs 8 months...i found aout about phonics...since then i taught myself about what is phonics and how does it work! ( just tru the net)...when we arrived in Malaysia....he was around 3 yrs 1 month...i started to teach him phonics...and it was such a hard work as haris already register the alphabet name but not the phonics sound!...
From that experience...i noticed that...you dont have to teach your kids alphabet name...because it will not help him to read...the most important step to teach your child with is alphabet sound...the phonics sound!...
It take me almost 1 months to really make haris master all 28 phonics sound and another 2 months of teaching..he manage to read his first ever story from the net...ZAC THE RAT at age of 3 yrs 3 going to 4 months old!.. and i cry! i feel so happy...i just cry!
so moms...this is my answer....you dont have or maybe i should say...should not teach your child english alphabet letter name....but teach them english alphabet phonics sound to make it easy for them to learn how to read...
here is haris fav phonics song from youtube video. This can help you introduce phonics sound to your kids
next entry... how to teach phonics at home..
ps: picture are from google ;-)
Good luck moms!
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