Using Rhymes to Teach Reading

Series Summary

Reading is an essential part of learning. It has always been a significant sign of how well a child is able to learn. With that said, there are still thousands of people in the United States alone, including children, that are not able to read. Reading can be informational, personal, rewarding and technical. It is one of the most important ways we communicate as human beings. In this world of endless signs and written instructional information, it is very important to be able to read what is going on around you and for us to teach our children the importance of, not only reading, but reading well.

Teaching children how to read can be a chore, so why not make it fun? If kids think that reading can be fun, they'll be more willing to read on their own, and thus more likely to improve quickly in their reading skills. In this free video series, our teacher will show you how to teach a child to read by using rhymes, games, and songs. After giving some examples of children's rhymes, you'll learn how to make rhyming interactive, how to get kids to focus, and how to teach alliteration. Next, our teach will show you some rhyming songs, choral reading, and a few tongue twister games. For kids, learning how to read doesn't have to be a drag, so have fun with it! Play games!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Anne Kennedy on behalf of expertvillage.com. This session we'll be talking about rhyming and reading games. There is a lot of power in rhymes and reading games a lot of fun. Hop on pop a wonderful little rhyme that teaches you so much the reason rhymes, reading games and songs are critical it's absolutely mandatory to teach a child to read. It's because a child learns to read spontaneously they are reading activities and games that they aren't even aware that they are learning to read. For example even this book I Can Read with My Eyes Shut and Dr. Seuss, it's repetition. I can read with my left eye I can read Mississippi with my eyes shut tight, this is partial rhyme but it's repetition. How important is repetition extremely important that is why even the rhymes hop on pop it rhymes but it's repetition throughout the book C B C B three. So rhymes not only show repetition, it teaches a child in a easy fun way how to learn, how to hear sounds and we're going to be looking a lot of rhymes and reading games that are not only a lot of fun but that will enhance your child's ability to read by leaps and bounds."