If you have a child who is just starting out in literacy, you will probably be surprised how he begins to trace letters and words.The art of writing seems like a magical process that children learn naturally just like reading. They need the support and guidance of parents and teachers, but without pressure and with love, children will learn to read and write new words almost every day.
When it comes to teaching children letters and reading, it needs to become fun and interesting learning, as it is a valuable way to increase confidence and self-esteem for the little ones… Will be able to read and write by themselves when they have automated the process. So today I want to give you some tips so that you can teach your children letters and words with fun games.
Fun memory cards
You can create your own memory cards with letters or words written on them, so your child after seeing it should be able to guess the word correctly and write it on paper. But the good thing about this game is that by making the cards and using the lowercase letters, the child will begin to become familiar with them a little more, and will also be able to recognize the sound of each letter more easily. As well it is a good idea to include known words or letters and enter only one or two new ones from memory so that the child is able to internalize them each time.
Scrapbook
Another great idea is to create an album of letter sounds. You can collect pictures from magazines or wherever you want, it can even be your child who draws pictures for the sounds of each letter. Find the words you are learning in magazines or newspapers, cut and paste them so you can make a funny collage for a new word.
Write letters and words on dirt or flour
A fun way that children like and enjoy is to use dirt, sand or flour to be able to put their fingers in and notice its texture. It is as easy as putting flour, sand or earth in a rectangular container and putting letter cards on the side so that your child can reproduce them in the flour box (sand or earth). When I have mastered all the letters, it will go to monosyllabic words and little by little the difficulty will increase. Whenever you are offered a card to write on the flour box, the sound should be indicated to you so that you can play it. It is very important that you reproduce the letter or the small words with your finger, because that will make you experiment directly with the material and have a good sensory-motor experience.
Plasticine for letters
The pastilina is also a good method to teach new letters and words to the children and that they learn them while playing. Children like to have fun and have fun and playing with play dough they always succeed. So if you provide your child with safe (non-toxic) play dough so they can play and give them fun tools (like plastic modeling tools), they are sure to love it. So one idea is to take advantage of the fun that pastilina offers so that you can teach yourself to mold letters and short words.
Draw letters on blackboard
Drawing on paper is fine, but drawing on a blackboard is much better. So a very fun idea is to play with letters and words on a children's blackboard with fun colored chalk. For example, you can write the vowels in one color and the consonants in another and then a whole word in white. It is fun!
All these games will help your child in the pre-writing phase to gradually enter the wonderful world of letters.