Phonetically Teaching a CODA to read?

Question

For those who don't know, a CODA is a Child of a Deaf Adult. I have been hired to teach this kid to read, but i'm not sure how to teach him. He didn't get read to in the "traditional" (hearing) way, he was signed to. He is hearing, just to clarify. How can I teach him to read phonetically, not just by rote. If you've had experience with this kind of situation, I really need your help. Thanks!

Answer 1

Phonological awareness, or hearing sounds in words, is a huge factor in early reading success. I'm guessing that this child probably hasn't had much experience with this. Before you work on matching sounds to print, then, you'll need to do a lot of work with building his awareness of sounds. The good part is, this is fun!
Discovery Toys (and probably other manufacturers) makes a Sound Bingo game. This would be a good way to start. There is a CD which plays sounds, and the child plays bingo matching the sounds to pictures.
Once you're ready to start with sounds in words, think about moving from easier to hard. Thinking about entire words is easier tahn thinking about individual sounds. So work with words first. Can you say wallpaper without wall? Can you say snowball without snow?...and more of the same. He might even come up with some for you to try! Then, try blending. What word can I make with snow and flake? There are some nice books for this, by the way...search for compound words and you'll find some lists. But this is entirely oral, not even written down yet. After blending, you can go to rhyming. Books and fingerplays are great for this. So move from segmenting to blending to rhyming, and do it first at the word level, then at the syllable level, and then at the level of individual sounds. (For example, segmenting with sounds would be, "Can you break apart CAT?" /c/ /a/ /t/) Puppets are fun prop for this--you might have a puppet who only blends sounds, and another who only speaks in rhyme.
This kind of oral, phonological work will help to build the foundation for phonetic reading. I hope that this gives you a place to start. Search for "phonological awareness" and you'll find tons of additional information, probably better and more detailed than what I told you here!

Answer 2

does s/he have speech disabilities? If the oral progression element is known, there should not be a subject matter. If that could no longer the case, that is extra significant to assist the newborn to achieve a verbal competence than to examine. IMHO if he does no longer communicate nicely he received't be in a position of "examine phonetically" in any respect.