PHONICS
I am working on making a whole learn to read curriculum. Only the beginning is up so far for four-year-olds.
(see McGuffey Readers on the Robinson page–These are what I used to teach my kids to read. I describe how I did it on the preschool page. And here is another mom’s description of how she taught her kids to read. This is her Squidoo page and she includes several worksheets there. I use sight reading then phonics. She starts with phonics early. I have read that children under four can’t grasp phonics, but she says she’s done this with three year olds. We both have taught our 3 and 4 year olds to read, so whatever works :)
The Little Kingdom First Reader ebook
60 weeks of phonic lessons 20 weeks of lessons for K, 1st and 2nd grades from Lesson Pathways The lessons are hands-on. Sometimes they are activities to do together. Sometimes there is a worksheet to print out. Sometimes there are online activities.
Progressive Phonics Three Levels of Phonics Lessons/Books/Printables
FreeReading Teacher directed reading program, 40 weeks of 30 minute lessons
Easy to Read Picture books 124 one-page stories for the beginner reader
Starfall — Learn to Read online learning (I’m pretty sure you can print out the story books to read on the couch too) Start at ABC and work your way through the levels.
80 phonics printables/lessons — done in order (work your way across the page, then down)
Construct a Word online interactive, you pick beginning and end sounds to make words
Beginner Phonics Play Online or download read about it here before you download
Phonics song videos between the lions
Letter-Sound Recognition Online activity for preschoolers, three levels (I also put this on the preschool page, Fisher Price)
Letter-Sound Recognition Printables — worksheets with words/pictures to match the beginning sound and the vowel sounds (Kid Zone) You can go through each of the letters by clicking on the links on the left-hand side-bar
Beginning Sounds At home activity ideas
Beginning Sounds Every letter of the alphabet plus short and long vowel sounds: Letter with pictures coloring, picture and beginning sound matching, circle the beginning sound that doesn’t belong
Beginning Sounds (online activity–from the online flashcards below)
Unscramble the Words (online activity–from the flashcards above — you choose which vowel sound you want to practice)
Short and Long Vowel and Consonant Blends Worksheets
Dolch Words (sight reading words)
Dolch Words website — worksheets, word lists, more
Online Flashcards — short vowel words long vowel words r words (car, corn…) The back side is a matching picture
Decoding and Word Recognition Worksheets 50+ worksheets (ABC Teach)
Long Vowel and Word Family Worksheets (ABC Teach)
Word Wheels (beginning and ending sounds) (ABC Teach) make good lapbook pieces too
Word Slides (beginning and ending sounds) (ABC Teach)
Phonics Rules and charts of letter sounds
More Phonics Printables (scroll down for the links)
Ap, An, At Family — Activity ideas
Ap, An At Family Worksheets
Ap, An, At Family Flashcards
Ap, An, At Family Wordlist
Ab, Ad, Am Activity ideas
Ab, Ad, Am Worksheets
Ab, Ad, Am Flashcards
Ab, Ad, Am Wordlist
Ack, And, Ash Activity Ideas
Ack, And, Ash Worksheets
Ack, And, Ash Flashcards
Ack, And, Ash Wordlist
Ail, Ain, Air Activity Ideas
Ail, Ain, Air Worksheets
Ail, Ain, Air Flashcards
Ail, Ain, Air Wordlist
Ake, Ate Activity Ideas
Ake, Ate Worksheets
Ake, Ate Flashcards
Ake, Ate Wordlist
Ale, Ame, Ay Activity Ideas
Ale, Ame, Ay Worksheets
Ale, Ame, Ay Flashcards
Ale, Ame, Ay Wordlist
All, Aw Activity Ideas
All, Aw Worksheets
All, Aw Flashcards
All, Aw Wordlist
Ar, Art, Ark Activity Ideas
Ar, Art, Ark Worksheets
Ar, Art, Ark Flashcards
Ar, Art, Ark Wordlist
Ank, Ink Activity Ideas
Ank, Ink Worksheets
Ank, Ink Flashcards
Ank, Ink Wordlist
A Mini Book (short vowel sound)
June 15, 2010 at 6:15 pm
I have written out a detailed explaination of how I teach phonics to my preschoolers. There are also sme worksheet links. You can find that at http://www.squidoo.com/preschoolphonics if you are interested in adding a link to it.