Tips for Making Your Toddler Ready For Reading
Absolutely amazing! Fairy tales and stories of prince, princess and castles, somewhat the most memorable instances, are the real jewels of our childhood moments that every child must have earned – a magical world a child would never wish to see disappearing. Means of hearing and knowing such stories have certainly evolved our passion for reading, therefore leading the children to be keen readers. “A child develops skills of reading straightaway from birth (even before), especially when exposed to reading louder” a statement, supported by Research. However, verbally being aloud, when reading, does particularly bring a child good commands over language along with grammatical correctness – yes apart from an emerging hobby of reading. For a toddler, it is often the fragmented words or letters (rather than whole sentences) that the reading can mainly be referred to. Usually, the reading skills become pronounced when a child is older than about five years. Most toddlers would require forming necessary neural connections to decipher the letters and make suitable words accordingly. Encouraging your child, typically at this age, can greatly benefit them with proper reading fundamentals. Developing their pre-reading skills: Although it is the right time to make them reading out, smartly taken steps (not forcing them to do so) would definitely help your toddler to read now: Introduce them with a picture book, principally around six months They start rhyming the books sooner they are at 1 or 2 They start enjoying the books in a year 3, referring to more pictures and simple texts Encourage your child to sense the book and hold it They can be introduced a bedtime reading practice Create proper reading environment at home, usually a place that is warm, engaging and comfortable (with a reading chair and table, if possible) Inspire them and be inspired for their progress (a toddler may have less focus that they would improve gradually) How to help your toddler in “pre-reading” – LET BOOKS SMARTLY BE ACCESSED: While playing, most children are exposed to nearby stuffs that they may find suitable to play with; thus leaving the books around them will certainly trigger them doodling or colouring the books. CONNECT THEM WITH READING: Show them beautiful pictures they may like to associate with. Adjectives do help, making the pictures more interesting they are exposed to; use stories about pictures (e.g. dog, elephant), encouraging them to know much about it with proper knowledge. BEING CREATIVE TO THEM: Make sure your toddler does get bored with similar activities. Shuffling the books helps them stay closely connected. A book full of colours, textures and pictures with birds, animals etc. will earn more attentions from them. RHYMES DO HELP THEM: The toddlers have a strong memorizing power that they even cannot read. Thus, rhyming the words, pictures and related stories will delight them evolving their interest and skill in reading far more quickly. Such intimacy (close time) spent with your toddler does help in bridging a very genuine bonding between you and your child too! Remember, reading is an ability that may vary from child to child, hence making them comfortable and proficient in reading taking a while (more or less time). Never pressurize your child; instead, recognize the most suitable method you can make them learn – positive approach, appropriate learning techniques would certainly help your toddler to learn and relish the most!
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