During my early reading development my mother was advised by the school to try using flash cards. This was before the reading program commenced, but it also connected to my early functional learning.
Flash cards were another small concept that was an activity to help students with reading problems. It was designed for parents to do at home with their children. My mother created her own cards for me. The cards had one word on them and there was about 20 cards (more could be made). The cards featured the word only and no picture. The 20 cards would be used for a period of time, until I was familiar with all the words. This was used every afternoon as a contributing part to my learning which helped me progress into reading.
Flash cards can be a useful and simple tool for children to identify words with. It's cheap an effective way for children to remember words and what the word looks like. It also gives parents/teachers a way to communicate a meaning that is instantly connected to the word.
I found these videos to be helpful in explaining how flash cards can work. These are not only for home-schooling, but could be done after school or even in school.
Ahhh! I had flash cards when I was a young kitten because my parents wanted me to learn how to identify fruits and vegetables. There was a picture of said fruit or veg (they had smiley faces) and then a word on the back.
ReplyDeleteI recall using these in preschool too, furthering my vocabulary and possibly later on in junior primary school.
These days some of my friends studying medicine use them as a technique to learn parts of the body or diseases.