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Question: Why is teaching rhyming so important when teaching children how to read? — Puzzled
Answer: Research shows that young children learn to read faster if they are enjoying themselves. Using rhyming words to teach them to read definitely makes reading fun. All children love the rhyming word approach to learning to read. Also, rhyming words help kids to develop phonemic awareness and to learn how to break larger words into syllables.
Dear Teacher has done extensive research and developed apps that will teach your children to read using the fun rhyming word approach. By using our Dear Teacher Skinny Books your children will start reading right away and quickly master basic phonics.
Go to dearteacher.com and you can link directly to the app store, and your children will be learning to read with Skinny Books the Word Family Readers. There are two Skinny Book apps. The first app will help your kids learn to read more than 200 rhyming words and 37 basic sight words. The second app Skinny Books 2 will help them learn an additional 200 rhyming words and 18 new sight words. In addition, they will have learned almost every consonant sound giving them an excellent start in becoming both readers and spellers.
One great feature of these books is that you’ll know that they have mastered all the story words as there are no picture clues. In addition, children will find the stories quite entertaining.
On the Dear Teacher website, you will be able to download free worksheets that accompany the word families stories to reinforce your children’s reading skills. Additionally, by entering in the keyword “rhyming,” you will find over three pages of columns that we have written explaining the importance of rhyming words for children. Some of the articles you will find are:
- Helping First Grader Learn to Read
- Describing Phomenic Awareness
- Getting off to the Right Start in Reading
- How to Start Teaching Young Children to Read
Parents should send questions and comments to dearteacher@dearteacher.com or to the Dear Teacher website.
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