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Phonics is the relationship between written letters and spoken sounds. Many pre-k programs teach phonics to help children learn to read, even though they may include some whole or sight words in the teaching material as well.

Teaching Phonics: The number one step in using phonics when you are helping a child learn to read is to make sure that you are moving at a comfortable pace for the child.. He or she will need to understand the difference between vowels and consonants, and have the ability to decipher the different sounds of the letters in a word. The first words your child will learn to read will be c-v-c, consonant-vowel-consonant, words such as dog, cat and hat. Easy words such as these will help your child comprehend the relationship between the sounds in a word, so that they can be easily deciphered.

The First Words: The first words that your child reads will probably be words that you have went over and sounded out together. For example, if you are teaching your child the sounds of the letters r, u and n then you should include the word "run" in any of the beginning readers that you are using. Don't expect your child to be able to read any words with letters that they do not know the basic sounds for. Once your child knows all of the sounds of the vowels and consonants, then you can begin to expect your child to read simple books on their own. Books with short, simple sentences are best for teaching phonics based instruction.

There are a variety of types of plans available for teaching phonics based lessons, but the best ones are those that use both spoken and written components. Helping your child learn to read is perhaps easiest when you have a phonics CD or dvd to provide the sounds, while your child works along in a workbook to help associate the sounds with the letters of the alphabet.

Flashcards are also very helpful when you are helping a child learn to read. Flash cards can be used as a way to quickly go over the sounds of the alphabet, or to use as a component of a video or CD to help your child learn to recognize the shape and sound of each letter.

Just like anything else, there are going to be exceptions to the rules of phonics. Don't stress about teaching these exceptions until after your child has learned the basic sounds of the alphabet, and is ready to begin to learn sight words

Teaching your child to read is going to take up much of the first few years of school for a complete understanding to take place. , Don't worry if your child seems to be taking a long time to understand phonics.