EARLY READERS- when did your child start recognizing all letters, numbers, and their sounds?

Question

How or when should I help him start to learn how to read or sound out simple words, as long as he's interested?

My 2 1/2 year old knows:
1. ABC's (upper and lowercase)
2. The sounds they make (except for a few vowels- he only knows one sound for each)
3. Shapes
4. Colors
5. Numbers

Answer 1

I teach Elementary Gifted students and many of my parents have reported true fluency and comprehension by age 3. That includes the list of everythig you mentioned, and above in terms of reading introductory beginner books.

Like you said, as long as your son is interested and wants to learn, go for it! Make it fun, a game, and relative to his age. Let's say you work on the letter B (I'd stay away from vowels at first and a few consonants becasue they have 2 sounds). Gather a few items around the house and point them out with the letter B. Use shaving cream and smear it on a mirror, let him write the letter B in the shaving cream. The same concept can be applied to numbers as well. Or, you can use finger paints or even better, choloate pudding! Counting by Cheerios or other food manipulative is fun. I use an empty egg carton with my 2 1/2 year old at home. I write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. and we drop 3 things in the 3 slot, 5 things in the 5 slot, etc. Right now we are using pennies as a counter. My son's 3 favorite oboks right now are Chicka Chicka Bom Boom, Chicka Chika 1, 2, 3, and How Much Is A Million?/How To Make A Million. All have a Scholastic video to accompany it and he reads while watching the video. Well-flips the pages that is!

Use post it notes to label everything around the house and include a pic with it. Focus on one room at a time. Make collages out of old magazines. Chck out a host of pre-made early childhood/preschool lessons on the Internet.

Best of luck to you :-)

Answer 2

Every child learns different. My oldest daughter's first word was a sentence, and she was writing words unassisted by 3. She is still a bookworm today, and reading 2-3 books a week. My younger son had no time or interest in words, and finally started reading at 8 - (he was class valedictorian, so I guess it did not hurt him).

If your child wants to learn, then go for it. Look around to see if there is a store in your area that sells supplemental schooling material, or a Christian bookstore that cares home schooling material. Either will carry simple reading material designed to teach beginning reading.

They start with simple word, and mark the vowels and silent letters to making sounding them out easier. They usually use the most common letters in the words, and then slowly add the other sounds, teaching the more exotic letters as they learn the words.

Two skills are needed for a child to read well. One is "decoding", which is sounding out a word using phonetics and letter sounds. The other is "sight reading" the common words (the, and, but, is, are, you, etc). That can be learned by using flashing cards and practicing four or five words until they know them on sight. Then add one or two more at a time. Eventual retire the first ones (or only use them ever 5th time through or something).

It is a wonderful way to build both a love for words and a love for each other when you spend that time together learning. It shows the child that you value it, and helps them to develop a love for learning early in their lives.

Answer 3

As long as he's showing an interest in it, you can start teaching him as early as you want. My son knew all his letters by 20 months, and knew the sounds by about 2 1/2. Now he's four and still isn't ready for novels yet, but he can read simple things. My philosophy has always been that you should never assume a kid can't do something because of his age. But at the same time, you should never assume he can, either.
Good for you for actually reading to your son instead of buying a computer or TV program to do it for him!

Answer 4

My daughter started saying her vowels and certain letters of the alphabet pretty young, about a year old, but didn't actually start talking until she was almost three. And when she started talking, it's like she immediately knew most of the alphabet, as well, and could count to nine all of a sudden. Don't stress about it too terribly much if your baby isn't seeming to show any interest in it, yet, he/she will, eventually, when it's the right time!

Answer 5

no no you should definietely get him interested early, I could read by the age of three! Don't put it off like others are saying or leave him to his own devices, he sounds like a really clever child so you should nurture that and give him every opportunity- he's got a bright future ahead!

I would suggest first of all by pointing out words on posters and labels and asking him if he knows what they are, don't dumb down your language when your speaking to him (even at two years old) because if he doesn't understand, he'll tell you and you can elaborate and explain it all and then this way you are expanding his vocabulary without even trying!

Answer 6

Every child is different. But my now 5 year old started wanting to learn around 3. He now is a sponge & wants to learn everything he can. Its great! Theres a site that is great for young learners as well as it goes to early reading. Its called starfall.com Its not harmful to your computer & you wont get pop-ups. Check it out with your child & see how fun it is!!! My son loves to go onto this site almost every day after school. Also a fun site that is good for learning is highlightskids.com They have many activities there also that are great for kids!!!
Hope you like these sites & have a great day!!!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

27-month old nephew is recognizing letters and numbers really well now. He's known colors for a while, too. Sounds like they're both right on track!

Answer 9

21/2 also. I have 3 yr twin girls. One learned all this by 21/2, the other has yet to learn this. It's so great to have such smart kids.

Answer 10

Depending on the kids age 4,5,6,.........just make sure you are having fun and not pushing him. Make learning fun and purposeful and he will enjoy it too!