Malay Phonics for G and K

It was nice to see my little nephew making progress with his Malay phonics after a few lessons. He squealed and laughed as he tried to repeat after me. By the way, I nicknamed him "little monkey" because he was very good at imitating me :).

He was EAGER to read by himself after he understood a letter represents a sound. He went through the routine drilling of the subtle differences between G and K then he grabbed the cards, formed the syllables, Suku Kata and started reading!

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Malay Phonics - G and K

GA, GO, GE, GI, GU KA, KO, KE, KI, KU

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Malay Phonics Reading Exercises for G

Dagu chin Gado-gado A Malay Salad Gado-gado di dagu Jo Gado-gado on Jo's chin	Gigi teeth Tiga three Kiki ada gigi. Kiki has teeth. Gigi Kiki tiga. Kiki's three teeth.

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Prepare Ahead

Little monkey loved to play with his learning cards. I mean literally playing- forming triangulars and imaginary houses. I would play along and read the sounds of the letters that ttracted his attention. Sometimes, we made a sort of card game in which I threw out at random a pool of cards for him to identify. If he could say the sound of the card, he kept the card. If not, I kept the card.He learnt up to Z this way and was already mentally prepared for G and K when we came to that lesson.

Advance to Suku Kata with three letters As Soon As Possible

Another game I played with my little monkey was using 3 letters to form syllables. Then he tried to read a few combinations each time. As you will see in the reading exercise I gave him on Suku Kata K, I chose common syllables either beginning or ending with K. By then the vocabulary that he could read broadened tremendously.

I divide the following reading exercises into two types: the first consisting of 2 letter syllables and the second, I add 3 letter syllables

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Malay Phonics Reading Exercises for K

Kuda pony Duka sad Aku my Kuda aku duka. My pony is sad.	Kutu flea Aku ada kutu! I have fleas!

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More Malay Phonics Reading Exercises for K

Pokok tree Betik papaya Pak uncle Pokok betik Pak Abu. Uncle Abu's papaya tree.	Kakak older sister Ketuk tap Adik brother Kakak ketuk adik. Sister gives brother a tap.

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Individuality

I spent a lot of time reading and talking to my little nephew. So he is able to learn 3 letter syllables quickly. However, there are children who are struggling just to read 2 letter syllables. Personally I think parents should be more conscious of reading to their children at a tender age to avoid or minimize this kind of problem. All I can do is let them take their time by sticking to reading exercises consisting of just 2 letter syllables.

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