Jj is for Jottings 64. Raising a Reader Part 4: Early Readers.
Continuing from
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-1-the-baby/
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-2-toddlers/ and
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-3-emerging-readers/, your child has now begun to read Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 63. Raising a Reader Part 3: Emerging Readers.
Continuing from the two previous articles
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-1-the-baby/ and https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-2-toddlers/,
this next stage is the magical time when your child starts to take an interest in letters and words and begins to make out words for himself, in books or real life such as street signs. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 62. Raising a Reader Part 2. Toddlers.
Continuing from the previous article (here), you cannot overestimate the importance of reading with a child at the toddler stage – for intellectual, social and emotional development. They take in everything: vocabulary and language structure, numbers and math concepts, colours, shapes, opposites and many other language concepts, animals, manners and all kinds of useful information about how the world works. What’s more, when you read out loud, Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 61. Raising a Reader Part 1: The Baby.
There are various things parents can do to maximise their child’s chances of becoming a reader (i.e. someone who is proficient at reading, reads for pleasure and has no difficulty in using reading for information-seeking and the school curriculum.) We can divide this topic into 4 stages: Baby, Toddler, Emergent Readers and Early Readers. Question: What stage comes before the Baby stage? Continue reading
