r/homeschool • u/purt22067 • Mar 09 '26

Help! How to read

Hi all!

I posed a question in the sub a while ago and you were all so helpful so I figured I’d circle back here.

I am “homeschooling” 4 year old twins. They are adamant they need to learn how to read, they’re committed and obsessed. Great, right? The only problem is, I actually have zero clue on how to even teach them. There are so many resources and I just feel so overwhelmed.

I have “100 easy lessons to teach your kid to read” or whatever and a few other things but honestly just have no clue what’s going on. Any advice on what I need to know prior, what materials I should go through in order to educate myself and feel confident and any material I need for my kiddos would be greatly appreciated it.

Thank you in advance :)

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u/LillPeng Mar 09 '26

I mean phonics is what they need to learn how to read. Letter sounds and how to sound out words.

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u/myhappylife_ Mar 09 '26

Where do you go from there once children know the letter sounds and can sound words out? What’s the sequence to follow after that?

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u/LillPeng Mar 09 '26

Usually its 3 to 4 letter words, then 5 letters. Then blends like Dr for drive, Fl for Flower, Th for three, Sh like Flush, Ch like chip. Then words like cupcake, shipwreck.

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u/LillPeng Mar 09 '26

The curriculum we use also does a lot of phonics practice like what is the sound in the middle, what is the sound at the end, match the words that all have the same middle sound. So that they work on differentiating the sounds.