3 Letter Blending E

3 Letter Blending E  This video teaches your child how to blend 3 letters together to read Short Vowel E 3 letter words. About 3 Letter Blending E This video shows your child to use both letter sounds and word families to help him/her blend 3 letters together...

Uppercase Letters Traditional Alphabet Song

Uppercase Letters Traditional Alphabet Song  The Alphabet song is the traditional melody for learning the Alphabet About Uppercase Letters Traditional Alphabet Song The Traditional Alphabet song is sung at a normal speed but this speed is quite fast for...

Long Vowel Tips

Long Vowel Tips  Long Vowel sounds are when Vowels make the sound of their Letter Names. The Letter Names of the Vowels are the Letters of the Alphabet: A, E, I, O, and U. About Long Vowel Tips Long Vowel sounds are when Vowels make the sound of their Letter...

Letter Sounds Tips

Letter Sounds Tips  Heather Ross, the author of FirstStepReading.com, strongly believes that the Letter Sounds are the most important steps of learning to read. If a child does not fluently know his/her letter sounds, he/she cannot sound out or blend sounds....

How to teach Sight Words

How to teach Sight Words  FirstStepReading.com is a beginning reading program that guides your child through the steps of learning to read. About How to teach Sight Words The author of FirstStepReading.com, Heather Ross, explains in this video what First Step...

Concentration Tips

Concentration Tips  Heather Ross, the author of FirstStepReading.com, offers tips on helping children stay focused during Reading Lessons. About Concentration Tips Some tips that Heather has come up with when she reads with her sons are: 1. Find the right time...

Length of Reading Lessons

Length of Reading Lessons  In this video Heather Ross, the author of FirstStepReading.com, gives her opinion as to how long parents should spend reading with a child every day. About Length of Reading Lessons In this video Heather Ross, the author of...

Reading Rewards

Reading Rewards  If I reward my child for reading will the rewards take away my child's inherent desire to read? About Reading Rewards If I reward my child for reading will the rewards take away my child’s inherent desire to read? In the video Heather...

Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

Uppercase and Lowercase Letters  The Alphabet is the names of letters. Children need to be able to identify and name the Uppercase and Lowercase letters in text before they learn the sounds that the letters make. About Uppercase and Lowercase Letters The...

Controlled R Sounds

Controlled R Sounds  The Controlled R video explains some new sound patterns for your child to recognize when he/she sees a seemingly Short Vowel Words that have a Vowel followed by the letter R. About Controlled R Sounds The Controlled R video explains some...

Silent Blends

Silent Blends  Silent Blends are two sounds put together but only one Sound is voiced. About Silent Blends Silent Blends are two sounds put together but only one Sound is voiced. This video teaches your child how to recognize and read various Silent Blends. To...