Wilson Reading: Tapping words

We learned how to tap out words today.  When your child comes to a word they do not know, they should hold their writing hand up, and tap a finger with their thumb for each letter sound in the word.  So for the word "cat" they would tap their first finger for /c/ their middle finger for /a/ and their ring finger for /t/ as they say each sound.  They they should slide their thumb across all the fingers they have tapped to say the word slowly.  Good luck!