I found montessori method of teaching very effective.
Initially my daughter had difficulty recognising alphabets but now she can make out first and last sounds easily.
I also found lapbooking effective.
I refer to the thread on lapbooks and am making lapbooks for each alphabet one by one. this reinforces alphabets for them.
Starfall is amazing though my daughter finds reading eggs boring as it is slow and we cant skip an activity if we are bored.
Garima

I've found this site seems nice

http://www.ziggityzoom.com/onlinebooks.php?book=mylittlepirate
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Hey Thanks,
their online games are amazing, I cd not believe my 3 yr old learnt to operate the computer mouse, amazing achievement.
I recommend all to use this site.
Garima

Wow, this is a good site, the best part, I can make my own cards and reosurces.
many thanks for sharing it
Garima

Hi
I have heared about this program.
my daughter is 3 + and I am wondering if this is for me.
what is the course fee?
I stay in Bangalore

hi here is a website that after free registration you can download books audio and movies of diffirent kinds but mostly it is to teach english.  Great books for graded readers but like I said it has books on all topics

www. englishtips.org

Hi,
I tried to open this site but got an error.
Will you pls cross check the web address and send the link again?

Hey these are amazing
thanks a lot for sharing these.
this gives me confidence that I have put my daughter in the right educational path.
Garima

Count your blessings!!

I'm very pro starting cursive.  When we were interviewed at our Montessori school, I asked what they teach first and it was cursive.  The headmistress said because it's the natural flow of how children draw at that stage with large circular movement.  Rather teach them the more difficult one when they are inthat sensitive stage for learning to write, than later and having to retrain.

Have a read at http://www.donpotter.net/education_pages/ (look way down page to "handwriting".)  He has a link to this interesting document on why teach cursive first - http://www.donpotter.net/pdf_files/cursivefirst.pdf

All the best,
Tracey

Hi,
I have found another montessori school that teached cursive first but isnt it a pressure for them.
When they start writing they wont get pressurised?
e.g cursive 'b' and 'f' are very tough
they are still so youmg, isnt it?
Garima

That would be ineteresting,
I will go and search for cursive letter poster, I already have a print letter one.
Thanks for the idea.

Hi all,
I have a 3 years old daughter who has started montessori last month.
They have begun with alphabet and number tracing, which is a normal method.
However, i am concerned about the fact that they have started teaching Eng alphabet in cursive rather than the usual print style.

It concerns me for two reasons, first that cursive is more difficult than print
Other, Montessori that I have seen and even the phonics based sites and books start with print letter

Does anyone know the correct way of teaching a 3 yr old?
would it make a lot of difference if my child started with cursive?

Eventually (after 3 yrs of montessori) I know the results of this school (where I have put my daughter) are good but I am concerned about the initial pressure being put on my child.

When I play games with my daughter she gets confused between alphabet as she has been taught the other way.

what should I do? Should I stop showing her books till she is mature to learn both print and cursive? or should i do my homeschooling alongside cursive style? I hope that will not pressure my child.

Seeking suggestions.
garima

Hey,
I have stumbled upon this discussion because I was searching for ways to start a  new post.
Can someone pls guide me  how to start a new post? I do noot see any option to do so in the main page.
Also that I have got into this thread I wanted to know if posting a new discussion has different point system or is it the same?
Garima

I think it is US accent for phonetics. Even I found letters like 'c', 'l', 'p' different from what we teach in India.
I almost got her confused with 'c'.
I myself did not know the correct pronunciation 
however, the places where there is regional parity, I try to explain her that some people say like that, but we need to say this way......

Pls share some other good sites
Garima

Ya, its nice
but am unsure of the fee structure. any idea?

 
tHANKS FOR SHARING SUCH A GREAT SITE
i HAVE USED this site to introduce the basic 26 sound of Eng alphabets to my daughter and i must say that this site has helped a LOT.
Thanks again

good ones
are there online games available for hunting words?
My daughter has just begun phonics and loves starfall.com
she now recognizes 26 basic alphabet sounds. Can anybody refer me to a good website that has games and puzzles for catching/ recognising alphabets and more advanced phonic reading as well?

I hope you add something in free download section too