Book Description

Aprendo a leer y escribir, is a series of books that present effective activities for teaching reading and writing to children who are learning Spanish as a first or second language. It is also for those children who have difficulty reading and writing, because of a learning difference or from limited exposure to the printed word. This is an activity book that Special Ed teachers, Reading Intervention and General Education teachers, and even Non-specialist teachers in bilingual or dual Immersion programs can use to support differentiated instruction. And of course, this activity book can be used by parents who want to help their child to learn to read and write in Spanish.The best method to teach reading in Spanish is a Phonetic Syllabic Method because the syllable in the Spanish language is the smallest sound unit easy to pronounce, and recognized by children. This Phonetic Syllabic Method used in Aprende a Leer y Escribir, teaches the five vowels first. Then the syllables are introduced. Once the child dominates the new syllable, this one is combined with the next one to make a new word. By the end of the workbook, the child will be able to read any two or more direct syllable word (Consonant + vowel) word. Every word in the book Aprendo a Leer y Escribir, has an illustration as a visual support. In this way, the children understand all the words that they read. New words are introduced with each new syllable. By the end of the book, the child will have learned 500 new words. The twenty-two syllables are introduced following a sequence based on the frequency of appearance in words used by early literacy texts, and also words familiar to children.Aprendo a Leer y Escribir, comes in a series of five workbooks, each workbook covers the following letters. Book 1: Vowels AEIOU; Book 2: M P S L T; Book 3: R N B F; Book 4: C (ca,co,cu) C (ce,ci) que, qui. J G; Book 5: CH V LL Y Z K W X ñ