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Article #183: Teaching Children Reading and Writing

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As a parent, teaching your child to read will learn over time and should not be
and write is one of the most important prioritized from the outset.
things that you will do for them. Through When you are teaching your child how to
taking the time to do this before they go read and write, you should be careful to
to school, and continuing to offer limit the vocabulary that you aim to
support while they are there, you can teach. The more vocabulary that you
help your child to have the foundations introduce; the more confusion and the
necessary to learn, share and communicate more overwhelming the situation will
with others. Teaching a child to read and become. According to some lines of
write is a harder task than many parents academic thinking it is suggested that
expect, not least time consuming. You there are only 400 words a child needs to
firstly need to start by teaching them know in order to be able to communicate
how to pronounce sounds, and from there effectively.
they have the vital components to When your child starts writing much the
pronounce words and then sentences and so same applies as with reading. You should
on. A child can generally start to learn not be too concerned with a lack of
the alphabet at around 4 years old, and firmness or preciseness in how they write
then they can try writing what they can - much of that will come with practice.
read soon after. Many parents are The key is to teach your child to
concerned about trying to introduce their associate a character with a sound, and
child to reading at too young an age, therefore to be able to graphically
however this is not something to worry represent the spoken word.
about - the truth is that it can only Teaching your child to read and write is
help. something which should go beyond
When you are starting to teach your child preparing them for going to school. You
how to read, you should not concentrate should continue to do reading and writing
on pronouncing capital letters first. The with your child out of school as they may
reason for this is that learning lower wish to clarify points with you that they
case letters is easier to aid learning do not want to ask their teacher. Further
how to read. This is because lower case more, through making reading a fun and
letters represent how one speaks, and recreational exercise for your child you
through combining lower case letters you can ensure that their reading skills and
start to understand how you can formulate ability to digest information will be
words stemming from them. When your much greater than it otherwise would be.
child tries to repeat lower case letters The author Rebecca Walker writes articles
you may find that they are slightly off for He also gives valuable information
in how they say them. This is not a about child development, home schooling &
concern, and in actual fact does not reading, child development & learning to
relate to intellectual capacity. You read, active white board are accessible
should also not be overly concerned with on the internet.
grammar either; this is something they






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