Reading for preschoolers is always a new, interesting process. And this is not surprising, because they discover a whole world, previously unknown and unfamiliar.

First, children become familiar with letters and sounds, then learn to put them into words. And then the moment comes when the child tries to read on his own. You cannot immediately give your child complex texts for this purpose, and not yet divided into syllables. Difficulties that arise in reading can completely discourage you from studying further. So we will learn to read, taking as a basis stories and fairy tales specially adapted for preschoolers.

Stories for children

If you don’t know which texts to start with, you can buy or download and print from our website collections of texts under the general title “Reading by syllables.” Such literature is specially adapted for children. This does not mean that the stories of famous writers are somehow changed in it: the selection of texts in such books is aimed at preschool children, and the words in the texts are divided into syllables for reading, which greatly facilitates the learning process for the child.

On our website there are also separate texts with a special division into syllables. They can also be printed and offered to children to read.

What stories are best for children?

Of course, these are the works of those writers who specialized in children's themes: M. Prishvin, K. Paustovsky, A. Barto, N. Nosov, Lev Kassil, S. Marshak, etc. It is not necessary to read the stories in full: for young children it will be enough select one short passage, divide it into syllables and present it for reading.

How to instill a love of reading?

How can parents study with their children using such texts?

You should not leave your child alone with a story if he is not yet a good reader. This can discourage any interest in subsequent education if the child encounters difficulties and he cannot cope with them. Sit down with your child and start reading together. It is very important for children that adults show interest in their affairs. At the same time, ask your child to help you and read this or that word. When you finish reading to the end, discuss the passage: let the child retell what he understood from the text. Do not ignore what you read: the baby must realize that he is reading not for dad or mom, but for himself, for his own understanding.

You can download a set of cards with words.

Learning to read individual words syllable by syllable. Read the children's names.

Picture puzzles with syllables.

Fairy tales

However, the best tool for teaching children to read is fairy tales. Everyone loves them, not just children. First take a fairy tale that the child knows well: this will make it easier for him to read, being familiar with the plot.

The most famous writers who devoted themselves to fairy tales are G.H. Andersen, A.S. Pushkin, C. Perrault, and the Brothers Grimm. Surely, when your child could not read yet, he listened to the fairy tales of these writers performed by you. And today he will read these fairy tales syllable by syllable.

A 3-year-old girl reads syllable by syllable:

Fairy tales for children by modern writers, for example, L. Uspensky, are also perfect for reading. They sometimes better meet the needs of the time: the creatures that inhabit our technological world operate in them, and the devices around us come to life. And yet, do not deprive your child of the opportunity to get acquainted with good old fairy tales, because entire generations have grown up on them.

By reading fairy tales and poems syllable by syllable, you not only teach children, but also introduce them to the enormous cultural heritage of previous eras. Reading develops in a child curiosity, respect for the work of other people, and the desire to learn new things. All this will definitely be useful to children in adulthood. But most importantly, you will be sure that you will cultivate kindness and humanity in them.

You can download for free a selection of more than 35 books (fairy tales, short stories, poems, simple texts and coloring pages) based on SYLLABLES or select individual ready-made texts for yourself below.

A little story about a squirrel. An excerpt from a book about Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.

It's also the start of the school year in kindergarten. The children are gradually returning from vacation. Many have learned their letters over the summer and are starting to learn a little read syllables.

Where do the texts for reading syllables come from? Of course, from the ABC book. Interesting old primers, according to which grandmothers also studied. The second source is the Internet. We also prepare texts for our 5-6 year old students depending on their existing skills, starting with simple and short texts. It is better to read a little, but more often.

In the first texts for reading by syllables, each sentence begins on a new line. This makes it easier for children to understand the text. The first texts to be read syllable by syllable should be printed large.

It is useful to accompany them with coloring books, a familiar activity for preschoolers. The tasks are as follows.

1. First you need to read it to your mother, grandmother or someone else.
2. Color it.
3. Label the items in the picture.

Why is it worth writing words? When a child reads, hearing and vision interact. When writing, I use auditory (I pronounce), visual (I record the image of the word) and motor analyzers.

In addition to narrative texts, for reading syllable by syllable it is useful to use short simple poetry.

How to prepare texts for reading syllable by syllable?

Parents teaching their child to read can prepare the material themselves. You need to know the following. Texts for reading by syllables may look different. It all depends on how we divide the word into syllables.

1. Divide words into syllables, as in a primer, with hyphens (short horizontal lines). Below several texts are divided into syllables in this way.

2. Words are divided into syllables by vertical lines.

3. Syllables are highlighted from below with arcs.

Like that. It's better to start with the first option with hyphens. The first texts should be very simple in content, as below, gradually becoming more complex.. First, you give a picture to color. And then the child draws himself according to the meaning of the text. Texts for reading can also be downloaded on our website. Just prepare them using one of the methods suggested above.

Texts for reading by syllables

This is the cat Ku-zya.

At night, Ku-zya caught mice.

Then the cat slept on the couch.

And we are sitting in a hole.

1. Cat's name?
2. What are his actions?
3. Why were the mice sitting in the hole?

Fishing.

Sa-ni had a daughter.

Sa-nya na-ko-fell the worm.

He went to the river.

There is a fish swimming in the river.

Sa-nya caught a fish.

1. Boy's name?
2. What was he doing?
3. How many fish did you catch?

Tree.

This is a tree.

The tree has a trunk.

The tree has a leaf.

The tree has branches.

Question. Na-zo-vi de-re-vo.

Cow.

Ko-ro-va eats se-no.

Ko-ro-va gives mo-lo-ko.

Ma-sha love-bit mo-lo-ko.

Ma-sha love-bit ka-shu.

Ma-sha has ru-my-ny-e cheeks.

Question. Why do Masha have rosy cheeks? (For some reason, all the mothers thought about diathesis)

In the forest.

The children went into the forest.

They are so-bi-ra-li ma-li-nu.

Near the house behind the bushes.

The children were frightened.

And from the bushes you-be-zha-la with-ba-ka Zhuch-ka.

Everyone felt better.

1. Where did the children go?
2. What were they doing in the forest?
3. Who scared the children?

Summer

Le-kras-no-e.

Why is it red?

Red means beautiful.

Ze-le-ny-e forests.

Blue sky.

Bright colors.

Beauty.

Na-ri-suy le something.

1. Why is summer red?
2. What forests?
3. What a sky
4. Which flowers?
5. Why do you like summer?

Ko-lo-kol-chi-ki

How many colors are there?

Why do you care?

Because it grows here in the fields and meadows.

Ko-lo-kol-chi-ki si-ni-e

Li-za is walking in the meadow.

Li-za so-bi-ra-et ko-lo-kol-chi-ki.

Liza has a va-za at home.

There's a co-lo-kol-chi-ki.

Na-ri-sui ko-lo-kol-chi-ki.

1. Why are bluebells wildflowers?
2. What color are the bells?
3. Where is Lisa walking?
4. Where will Lisa put the bells at home?

Children's texts for reading by syllables. Read on your own. When a child learns to read, some children need to read syllable by syllable, while some find it more convenient to read in full words without divisions by dashes. The page provides simple texts in both versions. We read syllable by syllable.

There was a thunderstorm. It was raining heavily. Thunder rumbled. Try-to-get-under-the-mushroom. Mi-mo do-ro-ge is half-evil at-lit-ka. Stre-ko-za-vo-rit:
-U-lit-ka, uh-lit-ka! Come to me. It's dry here, like under. roof.
- I don’t need a roof! My house is with me.

Storm

There was a thunderstorm. It was raining heavily. Thunder rumbled. The dragonfly climbed under the mushroom. A snail crawled past along the road. Dragonfly says:
-Snail, snail! Come to me. It's dry as hell here. roof.
- I don't need a roof! My house is with me.

It's not just a thing

Mi-sha broke the ma-le-n-ky do-bok.
- Why did you do this? - oh-gor-chi-la-s Ma-sha.
- Yes, it’s just the same!
“No, you gu-beat a lot, mo-gu-che-e de-re-vo,” said Ma-sha.

It's not just a twig

Misha broke a small oak tree.
- Why did you do this? – Masha was upset.
-It’s just a twig!
“No, you destroyed a big, mighty tree,” said Masha.

Z-blah-no-ka

Re-ba-ta gu-la-li in the forest. Out-la Na-dya na po-la-nu. He looks: oh, how red I am. I haven't been here for a year. I collected them in la-dosh-ku, but didn’t eat them.
-Peter! Vasya! Come to me! Earth! First-of-the-earth!
Come on. And everyone is two years old
-Oh, how delicious it is!
Soon there will be a lot of earth. But the first years are the best.

Strawberries

The guys were walking in the forest. Nadya came out into the clearing. She looks: there are red berries near her. There were few berries. Nadya collected them in her palm, but did not eat them.
-Peter! Vasya! Come to me! Strawberries! First strawberry!
The guys came running. And everyone has two berries.
-Oh, how delicious!
Soon there will be a lot of strawberries. But the first berries are the tastiest.

Morning

The boy and the girl are going to school.
And Lena is drinking tea.
“Daughter, it’s already seven o’clock!” says mA-ma.
Lena looks at her watch.
-The clock is going too much, ma-moch!
- No, Le-noch-ka. The clock is ticking right. And you eat everything slowly.

Morning

A boy and a girl go to school.
And Lena is drinking tea.
“Daughter, it’s already eight o’clock!” says mom.
Lena looks at her watch.
-Our clock is going too fast, mommy!
- No, Lenochka. The clock is running correctly. And you do everything slowly.

Today, a child should be taken to first grade already prepared. He must know not only letters, but also be able to read. Not all children go to preschool institutions, and kindergartens do not always teach literacy and letters. Therefore, very often parents are faced with the question of how to teach their child to read syllables at home.

Many questions immediately arise: where to start, what technique to choose so that it is fast and effective. The ways of learning to read by syllables are so diverse that many mothers and fathers are simply lost. Let's try to understand these issues one by one.

Is the child ready to learn?

Before starting the process itself, it is necessary to take into account the child’s psychological and physical readiness for learning. There are several basic criteria by which you can determine in what key to start, so that learning does not subsequently turn your preschooler away from reading for the rest of his life.

1. If your child speaks fluently in sentences and connects phrases logically, then it’s time. Check to see if your son or daughter understands what you read.
2. An important criterion is the ability to distinguish sounds. Speech therapists call this phonemic awareness. For example, mushroom - flu, soup - tooth, mouth - genus. Does the child understand that these words have different meanings?
3. A big problem on the path to learning can be a speech delay or incorrect pronunciation of certain sounds: if a child pronounces sounds incorrectly, then the help of a speech therapist is required. Don't expect the problem to solve itself. Take your child to classes with a specialist and attend them regularly, and also be sure to complete the tasks that the teacher gives you to independently reinforce the educational material. Speech delay, stuttering - it is necessary to show the child to a neurologist and psychiatrist. In any case, there is a reason, and it needs to be found out.

1. You should definitely teach your child where left and right are, up and down. This will help him navigate the text: which side to start reading the word from, where is the top line and where is the bottom.

When to start learning to read

Many parents are so concerned that their child will not have time to learn to read before school that they begin to literally pester the child at almost 2 years old.

• At 3-4 years old, a baby may not be interested in sitting over a book at all. And that's okay. Each age has its own tasks.
• If a friend’s child has been reading and knowing Fet and Tyutchev by heart since he was almost 2 years old, this does not mean that it’s time for you too. All children are so individual that general recommendations remain, in any case, just general. Learn to feel your child.
• At 5 or 6 years old it’s a different matter. But if your child does not go to kindergarten or to some classes for a certain reason, then start teaching him yourself. In an unobtrusive form, teach how to write in capital letters the basic words “MOM”, “DAD”, “HOUSE”, “CAT”, and your name. With minimal preparation, the child will adapt much easier in first grade.

8 basic rules for teaching a child to read syllables at home

They will help you navigate correctly and understand what is important and what is secondary. Now in more detail.

1. Start small: gradually learn letters and sounds as you walk. Draw a letter in the sand with a stick, then a syllable. The same can be done from twigs or pebbles. It will be interesting to learn to read for your little ones, guessing familiar letters, and then syllables on signs. Show that letters and words surround us everywhere.
2. A little later, the educational process can be transferred to the house. Set up a chair and table for writing and reading. Make sure there is proper lighting. Gradually teach your child to put away his notebook, pen or pencil. Books need a small shelf. Teach your child to clean up after themselves and be organized. All this must be done in a relaxed manner. At first, 10 minutes a day will be enough for the baby.
3. Read with pleasure for yourself. Develop a reading culture in your family. Discuss what you read with your child. Ask the younger ones questions: who is drawn in the picture? Who is the story about? When the baby grows up, you can ask more complex questions: why did the hero of the fairy tale act this way? What would you do in his place?
4. It would be more correct to start from simple words to more complex ones. Start with words where the syllables are repeated: ma - ma, pa - pa, ba - ba, dya - dya. Then move on to complex ones: kosh - ka, de - re - vo, de - ti, ve - ter.
5. Buy several sensible textbooks: a primer (author N. S. Zhukova), Favorite ABC (Irina Solnyshko), primers whose authors are N. Betenkova, V. Goretsky, D. Fonin, N. Pavlova, magnetic alphabet, cubes with letters. Draw vowel letters on cards and place them throughout the apartment. Gradually the child will remember them all. Then swap them. Then do the same with the consonants.
6. ABCs and primers require more perseverance, but they gradually teach the child not only letters, but also syllables. Associative thinking will help you quickly master the alphabet: the letter “A” is an album, “B” is a squirrel, “C” is a bicycle, and bright pictures will help you remember faster.
7. Repeat what you have already learned. If you start studying, then do it systematically. Otherwise there will be no result. While in line or on the road, read a short book with your child. Time will pass faster, and even more usefully.
8. The most important thing is don’t force, don’t be nervous or use violence. Childhood is a golden time, don’t forget about it. It’s not at all necessary: ​​if you need and want, then your child also wants the same.

Game video Luntik learns letters and helps prepare for school. Together with him, after completing several interesting and varied lessons, the child will learn letters and alphabetical order.

Basic popular techniques

There are many different schools, individual and proprietary methods. Let's look at some that can really give results.

Zaitsev cubes

• Unlike traditional primers, this method allows you to master not only individual letters, but also combinations of consonants and vowels, individual letters, as well as the use of soft and hard signs. There are 52 cubes in total.
• During the game, the baby can not only form various words, but also understand what voiceless and voiced consonants are. The cubes with images of consonant sounds are filled with pieces of wood, and those with images of voiced sounds are filled with metal parts.
• As an appendix, there are tables that also have syllables. The main rule is that you should not read, but sing.
• The cubes vary in size: large cubes depict hard combinations and consonants, and smaller cubes depict soft consonants.
• The disadvantage of this method, judging by the reviews, is that already at school the child may have difficulties parsing the word by its composition, and also, some children subsequently simply “swallow” the endings. Well, a plus: children quite quickly and in a playful way master the alphabet and reading syllables.

Montessori reading instruction

The whole process is not entirely traditional: first we write, and then we learn the letter, and then the syllable. The advantage of the method is that everything is presented in the form of a game. First, the letters are shaded and circled, and then their pronunciation is learned. Letters are cut out of rough paper. The same letter can be drawn, for example, on semolina. The disadvantage of this technique is that you will have to prepare a lot of material for training.

Dynamic Chaplygin cubes

The set includes 10 cubes and 10 blocks that move. The child’s task is to make a pair of a vowel and a consonant. They are depicted on each side of the cube. Each dynamic block includes a consonant and a vowel.

Also popular are V. Voskobovich’s “Folders” and “Towers,” as well as Doman’s Cards.

Conclusion

I hope that after reading the article, the question of how to teach a child to read syllables at home will not cause you confusion. And you will determine for yourself exactly how to organize the learning process for your son or daughter. To make it easier for you to create an action plan, here are some more recommendations:

• Before you start learning, make sure your child is really ready for it. Don’t force, try to conduct training, especially at the initial stage, in a playful way.
• Despite many methods, first of all, a child needs happy and loving parents. If you have established contact with your baby, then any method of teaching will bring results.
• Start small, gradually move on to more difficult ones. If you have started learning, then don’t be lazy and don’t stop, only then can you learn to read. Even if everything goes well, don't forget that your favorite student is just a child and sometimes just wants to play or run around.

Good luck and patience!

Your Tatyana Kemishis