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Keywords : teach baby to read, how to teach my child to read, Elaine mak, genius maker

Summary : The written word is magic in a young child’s mind as her imagination transports her into her own world when she learns to read.  Teaching your baby or young child to read need not be an aggravating process.  Learn how you can teach your baby to read with fun games.

Most children can be taught word recognition at a very young age.  How?  It is a similar method to learning to talk – children learn to talk by being exposed to people talking around them.  To learn visual word recognition children need, first of all, exposure to the written word, in print.

Use children books with interesting stories. Picture books with few or no words in them will not teach your child to read.  However, exposure to children’s books with many pages of print and the occasional picture will trigger your child’s curiosity about the story as well as familiarizing him or her with the written word.  If, as you read to your child, you point to the words with your finger, your child will become more familiar with those words.  Eventually he or she will begin to recognize the words when he or she sees them, especially those with a high emotional attachments

Flashcards can also be used to reinforce names of objects in the child’s environment.  To teach your baby to read, on pieces of 10 x 10 inch plain white card, write words, in capital letters, that describe toys that belong to your child, for example “elephant’, and on another card ‘dog” and so on. Play the following game with your child.  Place all the toys on the floor.  As your child picks up a toy, show him the card with the word on it and say the word together.  Repeat it as man times as he or she likes.  Then read to your child a story about an ”elephant” or a “dog” or whatever animal or character you made word cards for.  This will reinforce the word in your child’s mind, building word recognition abilities and increasing vocabulary.  Additionally, invite your child to tell you a story, and you listen, write it down.  When your child has finished, read the story back to him or her and  point to each word as you go.  When your child sees words in the context of her own vocabulary, it will again increase her recognition of the written word.

You should not have a preconceived schedule of success. There is no fixed time frame here.  Your child could learn within days, weeks, or even months.  Each child is different and your child’s ability will not be tested, but yours will.  Your attitude, your patience, your perseverance, all of these will be tried and tested.  You will find yourself having to evolve your own method for making your child love it.

You can use your imagination on your own teaching methods. A teacher friend of mine had her own method of teaching her daughter.  She would hide a card with a word written on it behind her and approach her child playfully saying “What does mommy have for her baby”  The one-year-old would look up and try to reach for the mysterious object.  Then her mother would bring out the card and say with gusto “Cat!” The child’s delightful laughter proved that the game was having the desired effect.  In no time at all, the child could read words.  Soon she went on to short sentences.  Her mother bought various simple books and every one held a treasure trove of knowledge for her young daughter.  By the time she was four, the little girl surprised everybody  with her familiarity with words and sentences.  This mother’s success was due to her belief in her child, her healthy attitude, her patience, and her playfulness, which made her daughter look forward to every “reading game”

In the same way, you too can work out your own method for stimulating your child’s interest in the written word.  It will be a success because of your great love for your child.  And trust me, every second will be worth it.

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For more information on early childhood education and how to increase your child's intelligence, you'll probably want to take a look at the Genius Maker program. It’s an amazing program to teach your child not only to read, but learn mathematical skills and gain an encyclopedic knowledge. Well worth checking out!

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Keywords : baby can read, how children read, early childhood development, teach baby reading, Elaine mak, genius maker program,

Summary : Why do some children develop the reading habit fast and other children are slower?  The key is early childhood education intervention by parents.  To start your baby to read, try to encourage him to talk also.  Here are some tips and techniques to get your baby started on the road to reading.

As soon as your child is born into this world, his senses are constantly stimulated by all that is around HIM.  He may not be doing much besides crying, yawning and cooing, but he is constantly surrounded by sounds and people talking.  As his vision starts to improve, he can identify faces as they come close to his face and making noises as they come near. 

His vision begins to develop.  In his infancy, he is already trying to converse, but all he can  produce are baby sounds in answer to adult talk.  Although his senses are ready, Mother Nature prefers to proceed at her own steady pace.  This is when you as the parent, can play your part.  You can sing and talk to your child and he will soon try to mimic you, trying to say those syllables and sounds which sound gibberish to us. He is listening, developing his auditory sense.  Your baby watches and listens as you and others talk, observes that talking is often followed by things happening.

He associates sight and sound and becomes aware that when he ‘talks’ things happen too.  The more interactions there are between you and your child at this stage, the sooner your child will develop his senses.  The thinking and feeling processes are also developing, and with them a curiosity and interest in his surroundings, a thirst for knowledge.  Stimulating this process will enhance his ability to make connections, to assimilate, and later to analyze and give meaning to objects and words and the connections between them.

It is important for you to interact at this stage, to your child’s development.  When he listens to your voice talking or singing, it leaves a deep impression on him.  He wants to talk to you and it shows in his interaction to your actions and the sound you make. The responsive mechanism within him and his eagerness to participate pushes him to communicate with you, through the means you have shown -  talking.

There is a positive effect on the ability to read when the ability to talk develops early in a young child.  Listening to his own voice acts as a powerful stimulus for your child.  For instance, as he utters the word “puppy”, there is a delight within him and it shows.  He may not understand why, but it is because he is exploring his own potential.  As an adult, you can understand why and you take delight in hearing your child talking.  You may spontaneously clap your hands or in some other way communicate your pleasure to your child.  He reciprocates and in delight, wants to repeat the experience.   In effect, his auditory and visual senses are stimulated.

Nursery rhymes are useful and do play an important role.  Most have an auditory appeal that can be irresistible and can function as an educational tool.  Their strong appeal lies in their rhythm.  The rhyming works stimulate hearing and impart a useful lesson; the ability to distinguish between two words.  Consider the simple nursery rhyme:

Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky

Try it on your child with a bit of action.  Initially he will enjoy the catchy, lively rhythm.  He will begin to beat time to it and it will make him want to sing along.  He will start singing, unsteady at first, possibly stumbling over the words, and then with increasing confidence.  As he sings, he will develop the ability to make that fine distinction between the rhyming works, star and are, high and sky. The constant repetitive quality characteristic of nursery rhymes gets through to him as well so that simple words and meanings can be learned in an enjoyable way and practiced through repetition. This is how children learn to read, and you baby indeed can read.

Developing the ability to associate things is the first step in learning to read.  The earlier your child learns to talk, the earlier a foundation is laid for reading.  Reading is speech written down or put in another way, talk in print.  When you encourage your child to talk, you are also encouraging him to use a natural human ability, his hearing.  This is the focus of most early childhood development program to teach young children or babies reading.  He says what he hears, which stimulates him.  He wants to learn, more and more, to explore further the new phenomenon he has discovered.

Recommended reading...

For more information on early childhood education and how to increase your child's intelligence, you'll probably want to take a look at the Genius Maker program. It’s an exciting new program to teach your child not only to read, but learn mathematical skills and gain an encyclopedic knowledge. Well worth checking out!

You can visit the TeachMyBaby website by clicking on the link below:
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Summary :  Developing the love for reading and reading skills in a child starts with the parent.  Here are some tips on how you can inculcate  the love of reading in your child.

Keywords :  child learn to read,  teach child to read,  child genius, Elaine Mak, GeniusMaker

Bring out the genius in a child is a responsibility that all parents should undertake.  It requires you to have a strong, positive attitude towards the learning process.  Every child looks up to his or her mommy or daddy as a role model.  If you are a parent yourself, you must guide your child and encourage her to have a deep, abiding thirst for knowledge. Your attitude will determine, to a large extent, how much and how fast your child will learn to read and enjoy reading. 

For example, if you constantly bring work home and complain about how much material you have to read, it will have an adverse effect on your child.  But if your child sees you absorbed in reading the newspaper or magazine or if she follows you to the library to select books, she will realize that you enjoy reading and will want to emulate you.  Her natural insatiable appetite for learning, her sense of wonder, will accord her great enjoyment as she pursues the idea of reading, generated from the example you have set.  Your can teach your child to read,  help your child develop language, thinking and genius skills at home at an early age by following some reading tips.

1.  Have an environment surrounded by books
Go for colorful, visually rich children’s books.  There are lots of such books out there and children are often intrigued by the pictures and colors that pique their interest.

2.  Read Out Loud
Read stories or nursery rhymes aloud to your child.  Set aside 15 minutes to half an hour each day for this.   Besides establishing a warm and close relationship with your child, there is intellectual value in these sessions.  Read alouds have more than one benefit.   Your child will be deeply happy and contented to receive your full attention.  You also build a close bond between you and your child as being close gives her a sense of your care and love and this helps her to feel secure. 

Your child will also be completely absorbed in the in the stories and their development and this builds mental stimulation.  The best time for read alouds is just before bedtime.  She has had her dinner and bath, and has changed into her PJs for the night.  She will be responsive and eager to indulge in hearing the written word as she listens intently to the different tones in your voice.  Your child may even  choose her favorite book or story for you to read.   It does not matter if it’s the same book 2 nights in a row, repetition has its own advantage.

Sometimes your child may seem impatient, preferring you to skip certain pages and come to the good part.  She is probably going through a creative phase and you should not be discouraged.  She may prefer a new story or she may want a nursery rhyme instead.  Whatever the case, nothing is wasted.  The important point is that your child should enjoy such sessions and with it, comes the pleasure of learning, as long as she is learning at her own pace.  Always remember to change your pitch and tone, and a fair bit of acting helps, to give your child a sense of the storyline and the characters involved.  This will certainly add to her enjoyment of the story.

3.  Consistency Is The Key
Try to stick to a consistent reading schedule as far as possible.  Postponing a reading sessions devalues the child and the reading, regardless of whether the cause is a late night phone call, household chores or visitors.  Consistency is important for story time because it gives your child the experience of participation.  She holds the book with you and turns the pages, sometimes going back to ask a question on a character, a picture or a word. She may recite a familiar line even before you read it or read a line from another book because she recognize certain patterns. 

She may point out a picture she has seen elsewhere, finding a similar word to describe a picture or a situation.  Reading is an activity that she can actively participate in and it is very important to her.  By giving it due importance, you are allowing your child to develop a feeling that reading and books are vital, fun and an intrinsic part of life.

Recommended reading...

For more information on early childhood education and how to increase your child's intelligence, you'll probably want to take a look at the Genius Maker program. It’s an exciting new program to teach your child not only to read, but learn mathematical skills and gain an encyclopedic knowledge. Well worth checking out!

You can visit the TeachMyBaby website by clicking on the link below:
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