Making the Alphabet Fun with Spencer Russell
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
- Teaching your child the alphabet? This free virtual lesson shares simple and fun ways you can help grow your reader. Perfect for parents, educators, and literacy advocates!
Read by 4th was so excited to partner with Spencer Russell to bring a literacy lesson to Philly families. And now, we're sharing it with you!
Spencer Russell is no ordinary educator. He's the reading champion sharing literacy tips with millions of families on social media! (Follow him @toddlerscanread).
Reading is one of the most important skills for school and life. And the good news is: we know exactly how the brain learns to read. And, the steps to helping your child grow as a reader are a lot simpler and more fun than you might think.
During this virtual lesson, Spencer breaks down how children learn to read and shares practical tips designed for families to teach reading at home. All lessons are evidence-based and focus on making the experience both educational and joyful.
Pro tip: Find these sounds in your environment (grocery store shelves, billboards, restaurant signs, etc.) Any time you can connect the abstract (letter sounds) to concrete things in their world, it lays big foundations for literacy. Teachable moments are everywhere just waiting for fun and meaningful discovery!
I really love what you are doing! I was the kid in the classroom counting the paragraphs, too. Now I am a mom of 4 who don't even know where to begin to help them to read. Thank you for finding your purpose and doing the work.
7:30 - Japan STILL teaches to memorize. My wife (Japanese) asked me to help our nephew with tenses in English. I told her I would. She also went on to say that he needs to memorize the tenses. I told her that I DO NOT teach memorization. He is going to learn to use them; not to memorize them. She said that's (memorization) is how they teach in Japan. I told her that I don't and will never teach to memorize. I teach to produce and use. She said, okay and I went to teach him. Later that day, our nephew looked very happy and confident that he could learn and use the tenses. He told his dad that he was very happy with my lesson and could follow it. He said, "I wish Uncle Manny (My name) was my English teacher. His classes are fun. My English teacher's classes are boring." His dad paid me, but I told him that I was happy to help and you don't have to pay me. We're family. He gave me the money anyway and I gave it to my wife for her beer money.
What did you do to make it fun
@@annelewis7435 By teaching the concept instead of memorisation. Children naturally enjoy learning, we kill that joy in school by making them learn in unnatural ways… when it’s harder and makes no sense, it’s not fun. But understanding a new concept is usually fun for kids
Thank you so much for this lesson, Spencer. I enjoyed and learned a lot. I'm in the UK, and English is my second language. After, started seeing your videos I feel more confident. My little one is 3 and he is enjoying a lot. Thanks again. God bless you. ❤❤❤
58:18. When to do this (kids see it as just more school)
Tip: bath time is excellent for this. Foam letters that stick to the walls, squirt guns to shoot the sounds. Bath/body paints to write on the walls or the child then splash/scrub off the sounds. Then incorporate bath toys with those first-letter sounds. So fun!! Definitely not school.
Thanks for making it clear that no teaching experience is necessary to teach.
15:30 is where the flashcards start
You are an amazing human being, kudos to you and your parents for raising such a wonderful man!
Pro tip: start with letters that have meaning to your child, like the starting letter to their name, sibings' names m and d for mom and dad, a pet's name, a holiday, etc. The goal is to connect abstract with concrete.
Yes, I do this with my 2 1/2 year old! She knows about half the alphabet this way (if not more). She loves it and asks for more naturally, I have never sat down and formally taught her- she just soaks it up this way!!!☺It probably helps that we have a very large extended family so plenty of cousins 😂
The questions in the chat, at the end, are excellent!!
This is exactly what I need, yesterday i tried to pronounce boca sound and asked my son who's about to turn 4yrs o write it on his own, he wrote boka which is the correct sound, i tried to persuade him to change the k to c he refused. I laughed so hard and this made me have a rethink. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.thank you sir
❤❤so glad I came accross this 🙏🙏
This video is gold. Thank you! Great job.
I highly appreciate thank you for all the teaching I have learned a lot from your Channel
Your wisdom and love ( which makes one intelligent for their student ) would have changed my life and my kid's.We got thru ADHD and Dyslexia with A PRODUCT CALLED SING SPELL READ AND WRITE. The kids loved putting the "rule breaking" words into a jail !! So little frustration - the words were breaking rules , the kids off the hook The set up "Go Fish" game and review and matching the cards with words and like an OWL picture made it stick . Your games I love. I would have had so much fun with my daughter , and so much less failure as perceived . My Tutees were at the library and didnt need this tutor in 6 months - some reading on grade level three. This is a program even a tutor might use. but your method is better and even easier with tiny steps. but the other is next best and could direct a tutor if needed.If I knew about you , I would have gone with you much earlier . Thank you for loving kids - your genius.
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Thank you so much!! You have really helped me as a homeschool teacher of 1st graders!
49:30 making and teaching to small groups (weekly, to practice the 3-4 sounds)
Great clear and focused presentation!
Thank you. You have helped me sooo much!!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel positive now. My son is 8, has ADD and reading and writing has been a huge challenge for us.
47:07 💯 teachers, listen and enact!
Wow! It is helpful 🙏
Thank you so much my oldest learn to read with phonics excellent reader my second would have learn with your system because you include playing and that's all she wanted to do couldn't get her to stay still thank you again and God bless you and your family❤
Thanks so much for this, appreciated it so much.
Pro tip: include the vowels up front. Do a vowel with a consonant.
This is very helpful! Thank you very much Sir!
Loved this 😊
How about multi-lingual families? I aim to speak Russian to my kid while my husband speaks English (and he is also French...). The main language for our family is English (we live in France) but he is used to speaking to me in Russian more often. Should I teach him Russian alphabet or would it be ok for me to teach him English alphabet first? Could we teach him 2 in parallel? I'm a lot more likely to do this work with him than my husband. Anyway, I'm quite confused about it and imagine that you get the point.
I learned so much from this video thank you for leaving this video up
Appreciate you! I taught my children (4) finally off a book a friend loaned me until I got my own. Just as ur describing! Went from fear of C A T but “how am I gonna turn those into Cat??”🤔☹️🤨
“How to Teach Your Child to Read in a 100 Easy Lessons” Went pretty much just like you showed! :) Thanks but now that I’m looking to work with other children, I’ve been catching your videos & really appreciating! :)
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Hi. What's the name of the book you all used.
@@GeorgiaWhisper “How To Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons”. :) May it be of Good use for you & others!
@@GeorgiaWhisper See full original comment :)
Hi Spencer
Great teaching skills
I need help teaching my Autistic Granddaughter to read.
I wish I had come across this a couple of years ago.
jakari really love
Thank you so much
OMGGGGG I LOVEEEE IT IT WORKKKKK SOOO WELL TODAY
Thk you soo muchiiii...this is been so helpful and timely
Do you help adult to read I am 54 years old
You're amazing! Thank you for sharing. I want to do what you do in my country. We have the exact same problem in the Caribbean. What field should I study? I did my Bachelor's in Psychology and was aiming to become a school guidance counselor. But when I had my first child, I decided to homeschool her and realized that I love teaching, especially literacy.
Hello love your videos I’m studying you so I can help my twin boys in the first grade we are behind and we know sounds but can’t blend well. Also one twin can not remember anything he just learned
Thank you so much, I'm watching from Nigeria
Hi Spencer, what are great exercises to help a 3rd /4rd child to improve at spelling and comprehension/ creative writing?
Hello Spencer, do you give online classes to kids? Thank you
I came across this video at 6 AM this morning. I really do need help to help my 1st graders with reading. my kid is good with letter sounds, challenges is putting the sounds together. I also noticed memorizing three letter words instead of learning, the skill to put sounds together. I need all your help Spencer!😢
Thank you
16:13 game changer 🎉❤
What about kids diagnosed with Autism? Especially if they are having issues with language and verbal communication. Child is very smart, talkative and responsive at 5, but it is hard to understand what he is saying.
I recommend looking into the Ron Davis program for autism
Thank you@@nancylin9013!
Still practice with them. Even if you don’t understand. Because they understand. That language component will most likely catch up. My son has autism (and other diagnoses) and didn’t have verbal language until about 2nd grade. He’s 23 now. It takes so much work and patience, but it’s very worth it. ❤
Autistic special education teacher here. Your question is more of a speech pathologist question regarding the child’s ability to produce or express sounds. I only watched the first half, but from what I’ve seen, the video covers primarily the comprehension of sounds which is not the same topic.
@@AJ-qm1exmy son is 4 with Down syndrome -he’s got the letters and sounds down but bleeding is tuff -everyone says to do memorization of words but that seems impossible so I want this phonics to work -it is hard to know how to get him to blend -and the patience part is so true
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Hi, am from India and English is not our mother tongue. We speak our regional language to the kid at home on a daily basis. So when i read english books to my kid... I often translate to the mother tongue thinking she would understand better is that ok? Or do i need to keep reading in English only fr my kid to picks up the language. Am pretty confused on this
30:48
Need tips to help my nine year old boy how read and write well.
Thank you for the good work you are doing?, but how does one pronounce "ch" ?
Do you make online classes? Because we are from Romania and this could be the only way to get in contact
Am 41years old, but, when i come a cross new words, i face difficulty pronuncing.
I want to start teaching my nephew, what advice would you give me?
Me too I want to learn
This video is amazing. I was pronouncing some wrong smh. Thank you for the correction
Where did you get your flashcards please
i saw that shein has flash cards and phonics cards
And i think he has a link for flashcards as well check his bio
Question my child is in Montessori and they advise me to not to teach her to read to not confuse her however I would love to help her.
Remember you are the parent. If you want to teach your kid, ho for it
The most important part, which is the sound of the alphabet, understands us, it does not sound, there is no good sound. Could you repeat this part, please😢🎉❤
How about sightwords?
great video, I have been watching lots of your videos. My son is in 1st grade and he doesn't blend or decode well, how can I help him?
51:44 teaching sounds of letters that have more than one sound
Why doesn't chunking apply to the letter sounds?
l love your teach but really need your help
15:00 this section is vital. It is also so completely misunderstood both by parents and by teachers. It is so very frustrating.
I didn’t know how much I needed the direction on letter sounds 🥲 love this man!!
Neither did I, this is so good!
My daughter loved the Gracie's Corner song but now when i ask her to sound and read it out she says when i point "c c c c c " "a a a a a a" "n n n n n"
Phonics first!
Why do I see many teachers on RUclips pronouncing the L sound as ul/ool?
Think it has to do with the kind of English. US or UK perhaps?
Exactly!! it's pronounced "Luh", not ul, or ool. That will confuse the child moving forward. The L sound says "LUH."
Nothing to do with UK or US. They are simply doing it wrong. There is a lot of ignorance surrounding this, even where professionals are concerned. It isn’t pronounced ool, lu, luh. Position the tongue where it naturally sits to begin saying an L word eg lettuce. Don’t move it from there, and say the letter quickly. No continuing to voice it as the tongue is moved, hence no uh sound either before it or after it. One doesn’t say ulettuce, or luhettuce or oolettuce
The way I taught my daughters when they were growing up was to use the "Luh" sound for the letter "L" and other consonants, I had no problems. They very quickly got the point, but that doesn't work for many children as Spenser says.
I watched one of his video where the child was strugling to blend sounds do to that extra "UH" sound at the end of the consonants. He kept adding it as another syllable. Spenser's way is better for sounding out those letters, to me, although I was successful in the way I taught my girls.
He's spent much time and effort in learning and teaching children how learn letters, sounds, blending and reading. He a genius, he's patient, and he's knowledgeable.
As I move forward in teaching my grand children, I will follow his lead. It's so rare to find a "Teaching Gem" like Spenser. He should be cherished. When I made my first comment, I made it without watching the whole video and just based on what worked for my girls.😊
@@sashadavis4446 appreciate you coming back to give your full thoughts on this. Lol I'm watching this stuff to low key prep myself for being a dad one day hopefully... 🤷🏽♂️..
peh cahn. pee caan
I can't read
Thank you for not doing this half helpful tutorial and making it a cheap sales pitch
Homeboy’s got to stop saying ‘ah and umm’ while talking
I'll let "homeboy" know!
Need tips to help my nine year old boy how read and write well.