Our Child's Learning to Read
can Sometimes be Stressful
BUT don't worry. There are many strategies and tips right here to support learning to read.
Firstly, What is reading? What is your child doing when they learn to read?
Reading is being able to understand and make meaning of written or printed words and symbols.
Kids learning to read see print or written words and symbols everywhere. Apart from the usual forms you know such as books, magazines and newspapers, print form is all around you - advertisements, junk mail catalogues (my three boys love the toy catalogues), posters, signs (My four and one year old love to point out every McDonalds restaurant we see.), films, DVDs, computers, other electrical media etc.
The importance of reading is a major part of your children's education. Without an understanding of literacy and reading, y our children can be left behind. Therefore knowing a little about how children read can help you support your child's learning.
To begin with -
In order to read effectively your child needs the knowledge of four particular skills:
- Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
- Semantics
- Syntax
- Paralanguage cues
Reading requires a child to:
- make sense of what they are seeing,
- gain the skill to be able to predict what might happen next
- comprehend and reflect back on what they have read.
They need to learn and use particular clues such as finding structural(grammar & punctuation), visual and meaning clues from what they read. Learning and using these will help children make sense of meaning from texts.
Since reading is such a large area of learning the information has to be broken up into various web pages giving you information, strategies and tips to support your child in learning to read. Also click on the above links for the 4 skills needed in reading.
If your child is struggling with reading and having problems with everyday words, the KidsLearningisfun
'Everyday Words Pack'
allows your child to constantly see words that are common in your child's world. Or
'Sight Word Packs'
that contain the 220 most common words used in children's reading materials.
These packs both support your child's reading by allowing them to have a wider word recognition.
Making sure your child comprehends what they are reading.
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