| Q: The preschool teacher of my child says that singing | | | | to letters or words. |
| is very crucial for her. What then will I do? What song | | | | The sound of language is therefore crucial for them to |
| will I sing? | | | | understand. You can get to play with sounds like the |
| A: S/he is indeed a concerned preschool teacher. It is | | | | animal sounds, create senseless words, make them |
| good to realize that kids will definitely enjoy learning | | | | say the words that rhymes and those that starts with |
| how to sing. However she went beyond and | | | | the same sound and anything that you can come up |
| overlooked the part of early development of childhood | | | | with. You can see if the child is aware of phonics if |
| that specifically points to the attainment of literacy. One | | | | they can distinguish the rhyme of another word as well |
| of the greatest ways on how to enhance the | | | | as create his own word even if it implies no meaning. |
| awareness on the sound which is very vital in learning | | | | And now let's go back to singing. Music can be jointly |
| how to read well is singing. | | | | heard and spoken. To be able to learn a song, a child |
| To explain further, let's talk about phonics. The | | | | doesn't have to know how to read. It is more of |
| importance of phonics is it enables children to be | | | | celebrating the sound of language since music is full of |
| aware that each letter in the alphabet has a | | | | alliteration, rhymes and various patterns of sound. By |
| corresponding sound. An example is the sound of | | | | letting them singing their favorite songs repeatedly, |
| letter 'd' in the word 'dog'. There are several sounds to | | | | they become conscious of the sounds and how they |
| learn and some letters can produce more than a single | | | | can control them - split them, mix them, emphasize |
| sound. An example is the letter 'c'. In the word 'circus, c | | | | specific ones while playing down others. |
| is known to be a soft sound while in the word 'car' c is | | | | And so the upshot is this - Sing your heart out. It is |
| a distinguished to be a hard sound. In the word 'chair', c | | | | great to go back once in a while in singing the usual |
| is also drawn in the sound 'ch'. So now you can see | | | | songs of children, and from there you can also train |
| that at least 3 sounds can be made by just a single | | | | your child to learn your very own favorite song - be it |
| letter. | | | | pop, jazz, rock, and you can even compose a song |
| When the kids are just getting started on learning how | | | | together. In this manner, you are able to inculcate to |
| to read, phonic skills can be hard to deal for them | | | | your child to love the language which is the basis to |
| especially if they are not exposed before to various | | | | know how to read. |
| sounds for them to listen to that are not at all related | | | | |