How does one teach Children phonetics?

The easiest thing is to find a program (maybe at the library) that aims to teach phonics. If that's not possible, new readers need (in a nutshell) to learn the following:

The sounds for each of the vowels

The sounds for consonants (including hard and soft sounds for letters like "c" and "g")

The "blends" of any letters that are often teamed up with others to make completely different sounds. (st, sw, tr, tw, bl, br, etc.) Going through the consonants in the alphabet, and thinking of whether each is used in a blend can help you think of all the blends. Don't forget "th" and also the endings of words, like "ing".

Children can learn by starting with the simplest of sounds and seeing rhyming words (cat, hat, fat, mat, pat, etc.) When teaching a sound like "th", instead of rhyming let them them see several words, "this, that, through, thought, thing, etc." If they see that "th" appears in all those words they should make the connection.

The above are the most common, most basic, aspects to phonics. If a child learns that much, it isn't difficult to add a few "fancier" points later.

Get the DVD called "The Letter Factory" put out by Leap Frog--extremely excellent phonics presentation in a story children like. For the computer get Reader Rabbit on CD ROM.

There are many great tools to help teach your child phonics.

Leap Frog has many great tools to help! The letter wammer is a great place to start! Also, their letter factory series is great and one my boys asked for quite often.

Starfall.com is a great free website that teaches phonics. Kids love it and if your child is very young, it is something that you can share together.

what i found that worked for me when my daughter was starting to read at 3 and 1/2 was to use the Spot books - you know Spot goes to the Zoo. they were very repetitive in the use of language. i found that i could then use rhyming words to help build her vocabulary. i found this easier than using phonetics because of the differing sounds and spellings that words have - telephone for example. i did invest in some phonetic flashcards too, but i found that it was easier to match pictures to words to build her vocabulary - man do i ever wish that i had let school teach her to read so that she didn't pick on my speed spelling as i write this. the advantage for me was that she loved the readers that the school sent home and she taught her brother to read with them when he was around the same age.

I suggest you try the free information at this internet url address.

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/consonants-orde

Good luck,

Balimermaid

Call a speech and language pathologist in your area. You can also try earobics. I would need to know a bit more about what is going on. A speech and language pathologist can evaluate and refer to more testing, tutoring, or treat themselves. You can get more info at www.NSPT4kids.com