How to Teach a 4-Year-Old to Read (Without Tears — Yours or Theirs)
You don't need a teaching degree to teach your child to read — you need the right order of operations. Reading science is unusually clear about what that order is: sounds first, then blending, then decodable books. Here's the whole plan, in plain English, in about ten minutes a day.
Is 4 too early? (What readiness actually looks like)
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Step 1: Teach letter sounds, not letter names
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Step 2: Blending — the moment reading clicks
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Step 3: First words and the short-vowel ladder
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Step 4: Decodable books, not leveled readers
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What to do when your child guesses
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A realistic 10-minute daily routine
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When to get extra help
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