Is it ever too early to start teaching your child to read? If you’re not sure then think about this. Children suffer long-term harm from not learning to read. Reading problems contribute significantly to the perpetuation of socio-economic, racial and ethnic inequities.
However it is not just poor and minority children who struggle with reading. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 64% of our children are less proficient in reading even after 12 years of attempts to teach them.
Teaching students to read is the single most important task for elementary schools. Those who learn to read with ease in the early grades have a foundation on which to build new knowledge. Those who do not, are doomed to repeated cycles of frustration and failure. So when do you start teaching your child to read?
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Even without knowing these statistics, we are aware that reading proficiency is essential to success–not only academically but in life. The American Federation of Teachers states, No other skill taught in school is more important than reading. It is the gateway to all other knowledge.
Reading is absolutely fundamental
More than any other subject or skill, our children’s futures are determined by how well they learn to read.
Reading is absolutely fundamental. It has been said so often that it has become commonplace, but that does not negate its truth. In our society, in our world, the inability to read consigns children to failure in school and consigns adults to the lowest level of job and life opportunities.
Over the last decade, research findings have discovered that how well a child reads, has other, even more life-shaping, consequences. Most children begin learning to read during the formative stage, of their development. As they learn to read, they’re also learning to think abstractly. They’re learning to learn and they’re experiencing emotionally charged feelings about who they are and how well they are learning.
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What does that mean? It means, most children who struggle with reading blame themselves and feel ashamed.
And the sad truth is that they have nothing to be ashamed about.
Teach Your Child To Read
There are significant numbers of children suffering from learning disabilities. These children will struggle. However, early instruction may ease their suffering and make the struggle a bit easier to handle.
And you have a head-start on every educator because you know your child, their temperament, their strengths, and weaknesses. You are the person best equipped to begin teaching your child.
So we come back to the central question-when should your child’s reading education begin? ASAP, we can begin in infancy to lay the foundation.
Many of the simple things we do at home, can start laying the foundation, such as reading to your child, reciting nursery rhymes, and singing songs.
There are many things you can do and it doesn’t mean you need to invest hundreds of dollars in an expensive program. You don’t actually need to spend much money at all to teach your child to read at home-or at the least prepare your child for school.
It Is Never Too Early
This is why I stress that it is never too early to begin if you work to make learning fun and interesting.
Learning is an active experience that should fully engage your child, so see yourself as a guide.
Find ways to make learning fun and exciting, then begin as soon as possible.
If you can make learning fun, and engaging, then definitely take an active role in their education.
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