Homeschooling parents of 3-6yr olds, how did you teach your children to read?

When I taught my kids how to read i wrote the alphabet on a dry erase board. Then I said how all of the letters sound and what they were called everyday. and after 2 weeks they got it and i started putting the sounds together and within 6 weeks they were reading! Also helps: Leap Frog (Amazing!) http://resources.kaboose.com/games/read2.html (this site is good to) HOpe i helped!

hooked on phonics works pretty well. start posting words all over your house-door, couch, table...anything and have them help you place them in the right spots... play games

We started with "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons." Then added "Hooked on Phonics." The kids also loved "Jump Start Phonics" and some other phonic CD-ROM's we've picked up here and there. Usborn has a set of flashcards that has all of the phonemes, and that really helped too. The real key is to work with your child consistently until they've mastered the basic skills.

I have discovered computer technology as a great way to begin teaching phonics. The two listed below are Australian (and therefore have Australian accents - but look for software that has the correct accent). www.readingeggs.com (they have a free 14 day trial) Eureka software And I supplement these with lots of written words around the place. My 4yo (now that he knows the sounds of the alphabet) is beginning the read words whenever and wherever he sees them. He also is beginning to use word processing to form simple sentences (he still needs help with the spelling). I am not a particularly computer-savvy person, but have been very surprised at how effective the computer has been to teach such an important skill such as learning to read.

first i bought my daughter an abc book and reviewed 2 letters every day and went online to look up some worksheets to print-out i found this amazing cd that had songs for he syllables and all the letters visit this cool website http://mywebtx.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

first teach them all of the letters. teach the, their abc's. then add in the pictures of the letters to link then names with the pictures.

i started to first learn how to read by: 1. reading a book over and over again until i got it right 2. my teacher used flashcards and if i got it right you get a little prize ( i liked using this method ) Good Luck!

I'm 16 I didn't go to preschool my parents didn't teach me and i'm a very fast reader I just learned it in school.