Most parents are keen on helping their children learn to read;
and all teachers, who are responsible for the literacy of children, want their
pupils to be able to read and write. Some children hardly need any reading
lesson and they learn how to read before going to pre-school; others progress
slowly but steadily; unfortunately, an alarming number of them remain
illiterate all their lives. Whether or not children become early readers is not
as important as that they eventually become proficient readers.
Teaching children to read is a fun thing, and one of the most rewarding experiences for parents. Look at the following 29 steps to see how I taught my daughter to read when she was only three-and-a-half-years old (that happened three decades ago, and now she is an attorney).
THE 29 SMART STEPS
STEP 1: Developing Motor Abilities & Sensory
Perception
STEP 2: Initiating Imitation
STEP 3: Developing Thinking
STEP 4: Pointing at Things
STEP 5: Developing Active Speech
STEP 6: Familiarizing with the Orientation of Print
STEP 7: Teaching Perception and Discrimination
STEP 8: Teaching Visual/Perceptual Consistency
STEP 9: Auditory, Visual Sequencing, and Memory
Skills
STEP 10: Introducing Finger
Painting
STEP 11: Beginning Writing Skill
STEP 12: Introducing Nursery Rhymes
and Lullabies
STEP 13: Introducing Picture Story
Books
STEP 14: Teaching Prediction
STEP 15: Teaching Word Recognition
STEP 16: Teaching the Alphabet
STEP 17: Teaching Pronunciation
STEP 18: Developing Independent Reading
STEP 19: Learning Sounds and Their
Letters
STEP 20: Encouraging Printing
STEP 21: Lap Reading
STEP 22: Shared Reading
STEP 23: Paired Reading
STEP 24: Teaching Language
Irregularities
STEP 25: Extending Sight
Vocabulary
STEP 26: Encouraging the Use of
Symbols
STEP 27: Exploring Different Modes
of Discourse
STEP 28: Creating a Proper Writing
Environment
STEP 29: Teaching the Sentence
See if the above 29 steps can help you teach your child to read.
Stephen Lau
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