Hello dear friends!

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Today I want to talk to you about a topic of great importance to me as a mom and teacher. Reading comprehension.

For us as parents it is a wonder when our children know and recognize (both by seeing and hearing) letters and sounds. It is a source of joy when little by little they begin to string together consonants and vowels and form words, which then when joined with others in a coordinated manner will become sentences and these in turn will become paragraphs. This is truly a great blessing. However, we know that reading is more than that, so we have to make sure that our children really understand what they read, so that they can, in their own words, talk about it.

When teaching reading to both my students and my children, I always like to start with picture reading. Preferably pictures that involve short words like the ones we commonly use. Simple words that they can identify with and that, therefore, have some meaning for them. For example, names of toys, food or people.

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It is also valid to use photographs with faces or images of familiar things. Such as a photograph of mom, dad, siblings, grandparents, in short, relatives with whom they have affinity. At the same time, teach them the sounds of the consonants, within the same context, that is to say those that are easier and that they still pronounce unconsciously.
<< m >>, << p >>, << t >>, << b >>.

If we teach words with which they are familiar, they will begin to relate (figure-word) and it will be easier to understand and recognize those words in any context and therefore they will read them more fluently.

So when they read, for example, sentences like:
My Mommy loves me or Daddy helps me, they will quickly understand them because for them those sentences have meaning.

Let's start in a simple way, let's remember that we want them to learn, not only to memorize sounds and words, but that these words have meaning in their little brains so that they can reproduce them as many times as necessary. Let's leave the less familiar and longer words for last. After each short text let's ask them questions about what they read.
Ask them to tell the story in their own words.
If they get it great or close to the goal let's celebrate their success and encourage them to keep going until they get it completely well.

Here is a "Funny Phrase": Monkey Ramon says to scream like a Lion

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Here I also share with you a little story with pictograms that you can use in your language. Use the corresponding words:

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Thank you for visiting and ...

Remember that if they understand what they read You will know that they read.

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