Child
Learing - Child Reading & Writing
Child Reading & Reading for
Babies
One of the best way to stimulate
your child reading interest is to read to her from
a every early age. And letting her see you read will
also help the stimulating process.
Encourage your child to explore
her curiosity about reading and writing. Forming letters
and spelling out words can become an activity to help
her to develop her range of abilities (even before
she reach school age).
Try to make written language an
everyday meaningful experience. Because most children
learn to read by being read to and exposed to the
printed word in their daily lives, reading heavily
illustrated books with lots of repeated text will
encourage your child through word recognition and
association with pictures.
How to Stimulate Your Child Learning
Process
There are different ways you can
try to stimulate your child reading process. For example,
younger children may find the familiarity of nursery
rhyme and song books more enjoyable. Making this a
part of a bedtime routine will make it an even more
positive experience.
At around 18 months old, your child
should be able to hold a pencil. You can encourage
her to draw pictures and shapes. When she is able
to make a circle, she may be ready to experiment with
forming letters. After all, letters are just shapes.
Remember not to push your child
to persue new tasks, but respond to her desire to
know and do more. If something is not fun, your she
will avoid it. If she doesn't enjoy it, she won't
try it. If she finds it hard, she may think she is
not good at it. Your focus is to make reading and
learning fun and easy.
How to Read to Babies and Toddlers
Reading should be fun and enjoyable.
So how you read to your child is depended on her age.
Regardless of your child's age, always make sure that
you both are comfortable, cozy, and relaxed. Also,
make sure your child can see the book the right way
up as you read.
Babies and Toddlers up to
2 year olds:
- Be entertaining - try to use different voices
for different characters
- Before turning the page, spend sometime talking
about the pictures
- Say a name and ask your child to point to the
picture of that item
- Point at pictures and ask your child for names
of things
- Remember to praise your child when she points
at or name the object
Children from 2 to 4 year
olds:
- Before you read, give your child some time to
look at the pictures and asks questions like: "What's
that called?", " What's she doing?",
"Where's the ...?"
- As you read, follow the text with your fingers
to help your child with her word recognition
- Read familiar stories, overtime, see if your child
and join in or finish phrases
- Have a little discussion with your child about
the things you both like or didn't like and why
Children 4 years old and
older:
- asks your child if she can remember the order
of the events in the story
About 74% of children who are diagnosed with reading
problems in the 3rd grade, continue to struggle into
the 9th grade. This difficulty can greatly hurt their
chances for furture success. As the result, teaching
your child to read at an early age should be one of
your top priorities.
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