Step 1 – Make sure you have Adobe Reader. If you are working with a child who is not reading at the expected level, we think that phonemic awareness should be one of the very first things that is assessed.
A young child with good phonemic awareness skills will grasp the idea of decoding Word Families very quickly. Phonemic Awareness activities will encourage preschool and kindergarten children to play with sounds. The idea of substituting a beginning sound (or an ending sound) can be introduced long before a child is learning to read. Once a child learns to decode the word “RING,” he can be encouraged to substitute the beginning sound and read, “ SING,” “ KING,” or “ BRING” with word family materials. Three words may have different parts but they may also be very alike. Introducing the concept of Word Families helps kindergarten and first grade students understand that elements of words are the same. Whether supporting my own children as they learned to read, tutoring kindergarten and/or grade one children who are struggling with reading or presenting my Beginning to Read program, I have always been a great fan of teaching Word Families.
Storytime Standouts features 21 free word family printables for kindergarten, grade one and homeschool 21 Free Word Family Printables to Help Beginning Readers
