Teaching kids to read 3- Phonics sounds

We moved on to phonic sounds corresponding to the alphabets. It can be confusing to communicate to the kids to teach the alphabet song and then to turn around and tell them that the alphabet makes another sound. However, once you go through it a few times, they usually get the hang of it. We would point out to the alphabet and mention the corresponding “sound” it made. Another very helpful resource for this is Starfall.com. Finally it is repetition and reinforcement that helps kids internalize new material.