How to Learn to Read with Hooked on Phonics
Learning to read with Hooked on Phonics allows the reader to become familiar with vowel sounds and sight words in a simple, relaxed manner. The program is designed for children to use with adult guidance. You can foster confidence and help your child achieve success by teaching him or her to read with the Hooked on Phonics program.
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Things You'll Need
- Hooked on Phonics cassettes or compact discs
- Hooked on Phonics sight words and flash cards
- Hooked on Phonics books
- Hooked on Phonics sticker chart or other motivational awards
Instructions
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Preview Levels and Find a Starting Point
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Find the appropriate level for your child. Hooked on Phonics is for children who are not reading at all, beginning readers and struggling readers. If your child is struggling to read, slowing down his or her reading or making more than five mistakes, the book is too difficult.
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Determine a reasonable working time, and try to make it fun. Remember, reading should be enjoyable, and young children have short attention spans. Be enthusiastic and build up reading time as special.
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Start by listening to the cassette and using the flash cards to show your child each letter as it is pronounced if he or she does not know the alphabet. Say the sounds with your child in the beginning because children love to imitate adults.
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Reinforce or teach sight words. Sight words are commonly used in almost all books. Use flash cards to reinforce your child's recognition of sight words. Once your child recognizes the sight words, show him or her how changing it by one letter changes the word. For example, "at" can change to "sat," "cat" and "hat."
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Use the Hooked on Phonics books so your child can apply the sounds and sight words he or she has mastered. Beginning Hooked on Phonics levels have a workbook with exercises that prepare the reader to read individual books. Practice the exercises with your child, and then let him or her read a short story. More-advanced readers may be able to master some short stories more quickly.
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Praise your child after he or she reads each book. Reread books a few times before starting a new one. The Hooked on Phonics set comes with a sticker chart. Let your child place a sticker on it after each book he or she completes.
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Carry the books with you to restaurants or any other place you will have extra time to work on them. Once your child is reading the Hooked on Phonics books comfortably, five or six minutes of reinforced reading will increase your child's confidence.
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Tips & Warnings
Discuss the books with your child. Make it a big deal when your child advances to a new level. Make time to read to your child.
Do not push your child to read too long. Be patient and encouraging.
