give her or him three letters of a word and say the word. your child must put the letters in order to spell the word. do this over and over so that your child learns through repetition. move on to more complex words when it's appropriate to do so.
make sure your young child can identify letter sounds in whole words. for example, if you say the word 'bat,' your child should hear that it starts with the 'b' sound and ends with the 't' sound. if your child is struggling, focus on sounds before moving on to reading. practice by pointing to a letter and repeating the phonetic sound several 