| Phonics lesson plans are the foundation by which you | | | | knowledge. |
| can be better prepared to help your child to begin to | | | | When our children were early readers, we utilized a |
| learn to read. You must be prepared in order to | | | | lesson plan in which we created personalized booklets |
| make the most of your time together and to make | | | | together. After we selected the letter we were |
| the most of your child's attention span. With an early | | | | going to study for the week, we cut the letter out |
| introduction to phonics, you are giving your child a | | | | of brightly colored card stock paper. We then made |
| head start on a lifetime of literacy. | | | | a small booklet by choosing several sheets of |
| A lesson plan must be created with the goal of | | | | standard size card stock paper and stapling them |
| teaching your child the 44 sounds and the 43 phonics | | | | together in the upper left corner. On the front page, |
| rules of the English language and how to | | | | we glued the letter for the week. Throughout the |
| appropriately apply them. The question is what lesson | | | | week, we looked through old magazines and selected |
| plan will most effectively accomplish this task? | | | | pictures of items that started with the same letter |
| There are numerous websites available that will | | | | and sound as our letter of the week. We then glued |
| provide you with sample lesson plans for phonics | | | | these pictures to the blank pages of our book and |
| instruction; however, in this article let's talk about | | | | printed the word under the picture.. This allowed us |
| what you should look for in a strong lesson plan. With | | | | to reinforce the recognition of the letter and the |
| just a bit of planning, you can help teach your child to | | | | sound of the letter. By the end of the week, we |
| become an accomplished and confident reader. | | | | often had to add extra blank pages because the |
| When evaluating any lesson plan, there are several | | | | children were so into the fun of searching out those |
| items to consider. Ask yourself these questions. Is | | | | pictures that matched the letter of the week. The |
| the plan creative, interactive and supportive of the | | | | booklet proved to be so valuable and became |
| early reader's efforts? Does the lesson plan utilize a | | | | dog-eared from all the use. |
| variety of methods, such as textual, visual, audio, | | | | Teaching phonics to your child only takes a |
| etc, to teach the concepts of phonics? Are there | | | | commitment of time and a bit of creativity. Searching |
| multiple opportunities in the lesson for your child to | | | | for phonics lessons plans will take some time, yes, |
| learn, practice, play and repeat what they have | | | | but believe me when you hear your child begin to put |
| learned? It is through hearing and seeing the reading | | | | sounds together and then begin to read you will |
| concepts in a variety of ways that your child will | | | | realize it was time very well spent. |
| conceptualize and then utilize their newfound | | | | |