subject: With Printable Preschool Worksheets You Can Teach Your Preschooler to Read! [print this page] Think about how much reading you do in a day emails, the internet, road signs, advertisements, letters and business documents. Printable preschool worksheets can help your child learn how to read, and help them prepare for school.
You need drawings
To help children relate to the letters of the alphabet, they are often represented by pictures. You'll find terms like Annie Apple' used around the world to help preschoolers recognize letters. Printable worksheets offer a solution for those parents whose drawing skills are not all that great, and often they are more affordable than books from a store.
Recognizing letters
Your child needs to learn the sound that each letter makes, and recognize the individual letters of the alphabet. By showing the letter, a picture, and the name' such as Annie Apple, printable worksheets help your child link the letter to the sound, and remember them.
Use pictures
Because your three to four year old is still learning to recognize letters, pictures can be used to help them practice the sounds. You can use pictures of a ball, bird, bat, book and so on to help your child practice sounds. Printable worksheets with lots of pictures starting with the same sound will do this for you too.
Play games with sounds
Choose a sound (or letter) and send your child on a Treasure Hunt to find items around the house or yard that start with that sound. Be prepared with some small treasure' at the end of the game to reward their efforts. I spy with my little eye' can be played anywhere, and if you use the sound of the letter instead of the name, your three year old will easily be able to play along.
Read as often as you can
Join your local library so you have access to new books without having to buy them. Children grow out of books almost as quickly as they outgrow their shoes, and your library may have fun children's reading programs that you can participate in too. Make reading fun, and your child will learn to love it. Reading to your child should become a daily habit, and make sure that they see you reading too your child will follow your example.
Your child will eventually have to read worksheets at school and the instructions for them, they will read writing on the board, school text books and test papers for a good few years. Encouraging them to read, and read well, will improve their comprehension and their test scores. Start your child off on the road to success with a comprehensive set of printable preschool worksheets to teach them all they need for school and make learning fun.
With Printable Preschool Worksheets You Can Teach Your Preschooler to Read!
