Do You Have Infants In A Thai School

[slippery when wet]

Hello all.

Perhaps you can help me with this little problem

The school that my son goes to teach the alphabet by saying Aye, Bee, Cee and so on and not the phonics system.

Now my son has almost learn't the alphabet by this method but I am seeking advice on what to do next.

I am tempted to teach him the phonics of the alphabet by saying the name is Aye but the sound is a but I dont want to confuse him but I see no connection with Cee, Aye, Tee to spell cat as an example.

You advise would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks....slippery

[edwinchester]

Hello all.

Perhaps you can help me with this little problem

The school that my son goes to teach the alphabet by saying Aye, Bee, Cee and so on and not the phonics system.

Now my son has almost learn't the alphabet by this method but I am seeking advice on what to do next.

I am tempted to teach him the phonics of the alphabet by saying the name is Aye but the sound is a but I dont want to confuse him but I see no connection with Cee, Aye, Tee to spell cat as an example.

You advise would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks....slippery

I do not think you will confuse him as this was exactly what my wife and I did with our two daughters.

They caught on very quickly and could both read and write before they went to school.

[slippery when wet]

Hello all.

Perhaps you can help me with this little problem

The school that my son goes to teach the alphabet by saying Aye, Bee, Cee and so on and not the phonics system.

Now my son has almost learn't the alphabet by this method but I am seeking advice on what to do next.

I am tempted to teach him the phonics of the alphabet by saying the name is Aye but the sound is a but I dont want to confuse him but I see no connection with Cee, Aye, Tee to spell cat as an example.

You advise would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks....slippery

I do not think you will confuse him as this was exactly what my wife and I did with our two daughters.

They caught on very quickly and could both read and write before they went to school.

Thanks for you reply...

How would you introduce this...Would you say as I thought, the name is Aye but the sound is a or would you simply just say Aye followed by the sound a?

Thank s slippery

[WhiteShrek]

Don't worry about it. Our daughter did the same. After your son has mastered the "names" of the letters, there are a few ways you can introduce the "sounds":

1) Go throught the alphabet by saying "Aye" "a", "Bee" "b"

2) If you have some picture cards you can use the capital letter for "Aye" and the small letter for "a". Again you might expect some confusion, but kids pick it up quickly. Eventually they learn that upper or lower case the sound is the same. It just gives an easy step to highlight the difference.

3) One of the most effective ways which I'd highly recommend is to buy a phonics book, combined if available with CD. This uses the Aye Bee Cee to tell you the name of each letter, and that each letter has a "sound". In the book we have it has a rhyme for each letter all to the same melody. For example:

It says: Aye", "a"; then

Alice Ant is acting,

a, a, a; a, a, a (saying the sound 6 times)

Alice Ant is Acting,

a, a , a; a is the sound of A

There's then a ping to tell you to turn the page and you're on to:

"Bee", "b"

Billy Bear is bouncing

b,b,b; b,b,b

Billy Bear is bouncing,

b,b,b; b is the sound of B

So effectively your son learns that "Aye" is the name of the letter, and that "a" is the sound of "Aye"

The sound and melody book with CD is great as music is excellent for kids learning things like the alphabet, and music is fun. All Thai kids learn the same gaw gai, kaw kai song to music, it's just there is no standard single song for English.

The book we have with CD is from Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Berhad - we bought in Thailand

www.pelangibooks.com

Title: Phonics with Movements (a songbook that teaches letter sounds)

BTW You get to the stage that you've heard the CD so often (or at least your son has) so that you can sing the rhymes together anywhere. Even when you can't remember Toby Toad is Tapping, I guarantee your son will. Or you can just make them up once he knows the rhyme. The tune is always the same.

Just be careful when you're at work or out with your mates that you don't start singing it to yourself, as the tunes stick!...

Edited October 13, 2009 by WhiteShrek

[Ananke]

I really, really recommend you to get a copy of a great book called "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons". With a conspicuous name like that, you'll find it online easy, I'm sure.

It is written for a non-tracher parent to teach a child one-to-one. Tells you exactly what to say, how to correct, how to praise, etc. The book says that you should expect to invest 10 minutes a day, every day, on this program but it worked really well with both my kids, and I was no way near that disciplined or regular with lessons. I've recommended this book to loads of parents living outside of an english speaking country, and have had great feedback.

[MikeyIdea]

You will have to let you child know that many letters of the alphabet have more than one sound anyway. The name is Aye but there are at least 6 different sounds, the faster you let him know the better. I’m not saying teach him all at the same time but let him know. Children are amazing, they will make sense of it soon enough, when they are ready for it. Don’t worry

Thai education use memorization a lot, Thai children, when it comes to reading and writing, are taught that it is possible to use the brain for something else than to memorize with first in grade 1. Before that, they memorize. They memorize the sound of the put-together sounds that a word is built up of, they are not quite taught to build the sounds up into a word. The correct approach is to teach the child to learn to put together sounds of course

Don’t worry about knowledge too much, children develop at different rates and it doesn’t matter if they are a bit slow actually. It is our jobs as parents to evaluate and help them where they are, not necessarily to make them be where they are not ready to be. Thai’s push way too much formal education on small children way too early too so they tend to be ahead of western kids at younger age when it comes to knowledge like reading and writing, maths etc, teach your kid to use her brain and don’t worry, she will catch up.

Homework deserves to be mentioned. Too much homework will be the norm in Thailand, don’t worry about not being able to finish it all, just make sure that what you have time to complete is decently understood – work long term.

[MikeyIdea]

OP, I think this thread is good, enjoy

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Combine-Scho...ni-t313221.html

Edited February 2, 2010 by MikeyIdea

[t.s]

www.starfall.com cant hurt either.

my daughter asks to spend time "doing her homework" daily.

teachers at her preschool were also blown away by her sudden interest in the alphabet, where she had none previous.

it has also help her equate the stories she demands i read her daily with the letters she sees on the page.

[bow]

www.starfall.com cant hurt either.

my daughter asks to spend time "doing her homework" daily.

teachers at her preschool were also blown away by her sudden interest in the alphabet, where she had none previous.

it has also help her equate the stories she demands i read her daily with the letters she sees on the page.

STARFALL Yes, starfall is very good. I used it every day for one year and I can recommend it.

Two things you need to know. You need reasonably good loudspeakers, and it gets boring if the internet connection is too slow. You don't need super fast broadband, but a super slow Thai modem doesn't work.

Good Luck