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