Hello everyone, I am Hemalatha P. I'm so excited to be your abacus trainer. I was working as a teacher in a CBSE school for 5+years. I have completed Post graduate in Computer science and bachelor of education. My career goals are Empower students learning and outcome. Build a positive learning environment. Improve students engagement and creativity. Make learning fun.

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CBSE school - Teacher, I was working as a teacher in a CBSE school

Degree: Bachelors of Computer Science and IT - University: Mother Teresa University

Degree: Masters of Science - University: Madurai Kamraj University

Degree: Abacus Teacher Training - University: IIVA

Teaching Phonics & Rhyming
Teaching phonics and rhyming to a child develops their phonological awareness skills – which play an important part of becoming a good reader.

Phonological awareness refers to an individual’s awareness of the phonological structure, or sound structure, of words. Phonological awareness is an important and reliable predictor of later reading ability.

Where to start
Children encounter rhyming from a very early age. From the lullabies we whisper in their ears from birth, to the nursery rhymes and fabulous books we read them as toddlers, rhymes make up much of what they hear for the first few years!

So it won’t be totally unfamiliar to them when you start teaching phonics and rhyming to your child.

If you’re wondering how to define ‘rhyme’ to your child, you could explain that “rhyming words have the same sound at the end “.

As a young child, they may not be able to repeat the definition if asked, but they will certainly be able to demonstrate rhyme once they have been immersed in rhyming games and activities!

• Learning Objectives:

  Teaching phonics and rhyming to a child develops their phonological awareness skills – which play an important part of becoming a good reader.

  PHONICS EDUCATION HELPS CHILDREN BE IMAGINATIVE AND EMPATHETIC

  Teaching Rhyming to Children
  There are many games and activities to do when you start teaching rhyming to children. Here are some basics things to do that don’t require many resources.

  RHYMING PICTURES

  Tip: Start with rhyming one syllable words. Identifying the word ending is made easier with fewer sounds in a word!

   

   

• Course Outline:

  Teaching Rhyming to Children
  There are many games and activities to do when you start teaching rhyming to children. Here are some basics things to do that don’t require many resources.

  rhyming-pictures

  Tip: Start with rhyming one syllable words. Identifying the word ending is made easier with fewer sounds in a word!

  Body Parts – Point to a part of your body and ask your child to name as many words as they can that rhyme with it. For example – leg: peg, beg, meg, keg.
  Point out – In your child’s room (or any room with lots to point to!), say a word and ask your child point to something that rhymes with it. For example if you a near a book, ask “Can you point to something in this room that rhymes with ‘look’?”
  I Spy – Instead of ‘something that begins with…” the game becomes “I spy, something that rhymes with _____!”. And there you have a quick, fun lesson on teaching phonics and rhyming!
  Books – Your child is never too old (or too young) to settle into a good book with you. Many of our favorite books have wonderful rhyme – including Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Room on the Broom, The Cat in the Hat, Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy and more.

  Songs – Some of the best old songs have really simple rhyme. Such as Incy Wincy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hickory Dickory Dock and more!

  Worksheets – Our Rhyming Pictures worksheet will give your child practice recognizing and identifying rhyme with pictures (ideal for toddlers and pre-reader/writers!). If you get stuck for sounds, our Phonics Sounds Chart – Word Ends and Phonics Worksheets will give you some more examples of simple word end sounds to use in your games and activities.

  10 KEY BENEFITS OF PHONICS EDUCATION WITH CHILDREN
  As a parent, one of the most important things in life is seeing your child do well in school and life, and one key stepping stone on this path is becoming a good reader. For teachers, it is all the same, as The Department of Education states that deploying a phonics education at an early age can also help children develop culturally, socially, and emotionally. Research shows that phonics when taught correctly is one of the most effective ways of teaching children to learn to read, and can lay a proper foundation for the success of a child. This article will further cover the top benefits of phonics education with children.

  READING EXERCISES THE BRAIN.
  Reading in itself is a complex mental task that helps increase a young reader’s intelligence by building new neural pathways in the brain. Phonics allows children to see letters written on a page and provides them with the tools to understand it properly. Beyond reading and writing, it helps children develop general thinking skills such as probabilistic reasoning and reasoning by analogy.

  CHILDREN WHO PRACTICE READING OFTEN THROUGH PHONICS, GET BETTER.
  The old saying “practice makes perfect” ties in well with phonics, as it is an important tool for children to develop reading fluency. Over time, children are able to develop into fluent readers who can quickly recognize familiar words and easily sound out new words they encounter.

  SOUND TO SYMBOL RECOGNITION BECOMES FASTER
  A child who learns reading through phonics will have excellent phonemic awareness – which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate letter symbols with their appropriate sound.

  READING BUILDS A CHILD’S PATIENCE AND CONCENTRATION.
  Most of the time while a child practices reading, they are required to sit still and quietly so that they can focus on the task at hand. They also become better students by following a teacher’s instruction over time.

  READING IMPROVES GRASP OF VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE.
  Extensive reading helps children broaden their vocabulary and general knowledge. Phonics allows young readers to develop their reading comprehension and decode new words as they read. With practice, this action becomes so automatic that they are able to easily understand the overall meaning of words while they are reading.

  PHONICS EDUCATION HELPS CHILDREN BE IMAGINATIVE AND EMPATHETIC
  As children develop their reading skills and learn about people, places, and events outside of their own experience, they begin to imagine how they would feel in that situation. They see the world with new eyes and can better visualize the descriptions of what they read.

  SOUNDING OUT UNFAMILIAR WORDS IS EASIER
  Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton and Francine Johnson, authors of “Words Their Way,” mention that teaching phonics allows students to find the regular patterns of words, and connect them for easier reading. Unfamiliar words are easier for unravel as children develop their phonemic awareness.

  CHILDREN LEARN SYLLABLE STRUCTURE
  A student who learns phonics becomes more familiar with syllable structure. For example, acknowledging that a closed syllable will end in a consonant and have a short vowel, while an open syllable will end in a vowel that makes a long sound. English structures become clearer and easier to understand through phonics education.

  HIGHER READING SKILLS RESULT IN BETTER SUCCESS IN SCHOOL.
  Through Phonics education, children become more active with their reading, which also promotes achievement in other subjects, not just English. Children can better grasp other types of knowledge across their curriculum.

  THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IS FUN!
  Teaching phonics is often designed to be fun and engaging for children. For example, games are often tied to lessons, and the visuals which accompany the lessons are usually very vibrant. This approach is meant to enhance the learning experience, and ultimately results in better overall development of reading and writing skills.

• Recomended Audience:

  This Hobby class and Extra curricular activities are suitable for students whose age is more than or equal to 5 years old. As your child continues to grow, you will notice new and exciting abilities that your child develops. A child’s brain grows the most during the first five years of life. By age 5, the brain has reached approximately 90 percent of its adult size. This means that much of the brain’s structure and function has been established. Hence our best recommended audience for these hobbies classes are all students who are minimum 5 years old and more. Even a grownup students upto 16 years old can also go ahead for these Hobbies & Extra Curricular classes with their learning.

• Pre-Requisite Requirement:

  For attending Hobbies and Extra curricular activities classes, Basic pre-requisite requirement is having interest in learning of that class. Without having natural interest on particular topic/class, it's not meaningful to proceed with it alongwith Instructors. So it's advisable to have these as a part of your learning phase of your life if you are really inclined and motivated to learn that hobby or activity. You should have all the items and required things with you at your home which are needed in that class. If not then you must buy from market it after taking suggestion from Instructors as per provided standard.

• Course Level:
  Beginner
• Language of Teaching:
  English
• Class Schedule Availiability:
  Evening