It was useful exercise initially, till she could learn alphabets. After that it kind of stalled. She was not able to read even simple words like cat and rat.
I think there is a problem with with the approach that was adopted to teach her. What they were trying to do is teach English as a phonetic language. They were teaching the sounds of the consonants and vowels separately. Then encouraging the kids to join them together.
After several failed attempts I gave up on that approach. I prepared this table for my daughter and taught her the pronunciation of the consonant and vowel together.
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| a | e | i | o | u |
| b | ba | be | bi | bo | bu |
| c | ca | ce | ci | co | cu |
| d | da | de | di | do | du |
| f | fa | fe | fi | fo | fu |
| g | ga | ge | gi | go | gu |
| h | ha | he | hi | ho | hu |
| j | ja | je | ji | jo | ju |
| k | ka | ke | ki | ko | ku |
| l | la | le | li | lo | lu |
| m | ma | me | mi | mo | mu |
| n | na | ne | ni | no | nu |
| p | pa | pe | pi | po | pu |
| r | ra | re | ri | ro | ru |
| s | sa | se | si | so | su |
| t | ta | te | ti | to | tu |
| w | wa | we | wi | wo | wu |
| y | ya | ye | yi | yo | yu |
| z | za | ze | zi | zo | zu |
So effectively she had to memorize about 90 combination. it took her about 4 days ( 1 hours each day).
Equipped with this knowledge she was able to read lot of words which encouraged her to read more and as and when new combination cam she learned them.
Here is how it was:
After memorizing this table:
Was I mad? Yes dad.
Can I sit on mat?
Rat and cat ran on his bed.
and then gradually,
Will you play with me? Yes, said the small boy.
I thought I will just post it, may be someone will find it useful.
