Teach Children To Read Early

Reading to an infant and toddler is very important for early development. However, reading to an infant is different than reading to a young child. In terms of an infant, you frequently do not get through the entire book. An infant won’t be able to fully comprehend what is being read. Infants may want to hold the book and chew on it or try turning pages themselves. All of these actions are appropriate and help your child become well-known with books and how to handle them. Reading out loud to your baby is an ac activity that can enhance their vocabulary among other skills.

Children who have developed strong reading skills perform better in school and have a higher self-image. They become lifelong learners. My daughter has done an amazing job overcoming these obstacles by applying herself. She has spent double the time of a child without a learning disability to learn literacy. My daughter learned at a young age if she did not work hard to learn reading and writing she would struggle throughout her life.

I believe that reading is an important way for children to learn. However, there has to be a combination of everything. The primary goal of language and literacy during the infant and toddler years is to help children hear and distinguish the sounds of language in their environment (p.44). I believe that children need to play in order to develop their fine, gross, and other skills. The need to explore and the experience will help them to self-regulate their emotions. According to the article, the most effective ways to prepare your baby for reading involve playing games and sharing book, and repeating words.

It's important to pre-read children's books before reading them to children for two reasons. One reason is to allow the teacher to know where emotional support may be needed if the books deals with divorce, death, babies and so forth. Also to be sure if the book is appropriate for preschoolers by providing a postive message dealing with a negative situation.

Children can take more than one of these steps at the same time. This list of steps, though, gives you a general idea of how your child will progress toward reading.” (Helping your child become a reader) While these ideas may seem structured, it is also important to allow children to be creative and use their imagination. Although reading is imperative, too many arrangements and rules can turn a child off and lead to feelings of resentment, anger, and resistance. Reading should be set to the tone and pace of the child.

Reading to a newborn infant is the best way to help a child learn to read in the future. It is important to recognize that what is most important is providing a language-rich environment for children.

Learning to read is a valuable and important skill that children acquire from a very early age. Children gain an understanding of the different sounds in our spoken language from a wide range of different experiences and social interaction with their environment. For example, singing and saying rhymes, sharing books, making and listening to music, pretend play, listening to adults and joining in conversations etc ect. as mentioned by Vygotsky (1978)

Books encourage perceptual skills in children while also promoting early literacy skills. For instance, book with best behavior, simple words and charming illustrations make it easy for kids to understand the benefit of good behavior—respecting others, staying healthy and coping their feelings. As you read the words aloud to kids, you are encouraging their ability to perceive

Reading to your child is not much stress on you. Reading to your child does not cost much money because kids books are about $10.00 each, sometimes cheaper and you don’t need many books. It is enjoyable to read kids book it’s not like cleaning the house and, does not take much effort. Also,

Families are often encouraged to provide a variety of reading material for their children, especially at an early age, to give children plenty of options when learning how to read. When children are provided with a variety of reading material at home, they see that a high value is placed on reading. If parents value reading at home, children tend to value it also, and the more a child is encouraged to read at home, the more they will want to engage in reading in general. By being involved in their child’s reading development, parents can give their children a firm foundation to reading prior to entering grade school which will lead to a lifetime of reading enjoyment and

Reading is a skill often taken for granted but it is essential in order to progress in life. For a child being able to read well helps them learn new things, give ideas and enables use of imagination. National literacy trust (2015) suggests that children’s early language skills can have a major impact on a child’s development of literacy skills. Five-year olds with poor language and literacy have a higher risk of underachieving at age seven and beyond. Reading skills encourage more opportunities in life and it can affect a child’s wellbeing if they do not achieve this effectively (Finnegan,2015).

Constructive early language and literacy development can be an ally to opening a child’s (ren) imagination; this will enhance and empower their potential to become successful readers. As the children grow (birth to 3 yrs. old) their brain goes through an extradinary developmental process and they begin to think, learn, communicate and rationalize things. When this early developmental stage is not being nourished the child will feel the affects of it in the long run. Children that come from low-income families that are enrolled in schools are affected the most. Educators and parents can assist these children by giving them the support (early-on) that they need to sustain a healthy learning environment. As educators it is our duty to create an environment that will help in this process.

There are many benefits in reading aloud to children not only an enhancement of literary skills but also increase in the ability to communicate with teachers and parents. Children also develop memory skills, imagination and creativity (Family Literacy, 2002).

Reading to a child has a tremendous impact on their language development. The more a child is read to the more connections are made in the brain. Rereading the same book helps the child make connections between the way the words look and sound.

Reading helps in mental development and is known to stimulate the muscles of the eyes and it is also an activity that involves greater levels of concentration and adds to the conversational skills of the reader.