Parents often ask me, at what age is it better for children to study? At what age did you start literacy?
These questions are asked a lot, I think, if not, just write an article on this aspect, I hope to help parents who have doubts about this aspect.
Moreover, among the many parents who asked, a large part of the parents did not realize that literacy and reading are two different things, and should not be confused.
Especially when the child is still very young, the effect of this may be that he does not recognize many words and cannot cultivate the habit of reading, which will affect the cultivation of our habits.
Many parents recognize words at the same time when they take their children to read, this practice is like washing clothes by the way when taking a bath, which looks very efficient, but the final result is that the bath is not clean, the clothes are not washed, and both are delayed.
Of course, it should be noted here that the child is interested in some words in the reading process, of course, we can take the child to read together, but do not shift the center of gravity, become the child must know this word, we can continue to read. Doing so will interrupt the melody of this reading.
Yes, there is also a melody for reading, a melody that feels smooth and comfortable to read, and if you insert a word recognition halfway through, the whole feeling may change.
What is the right thing to do with reading and literacy?
First clarify a clear order, that is, read first, and then recognize words.
For reading, I believe we all have a very clear understanding.
Educator Sukhomlinsky said:
"A child who doesn't read is a potentially poor student in learning."
Jews attached great importance to the early reading of their children, and they were called "the people who read", "the people who learned", and the rewards were:
Jews, who make up 0.3% of the world's population, have won nearly 20% of the Nobel Prize, and nearly one-third of American millionaires are Jewish, so that the famous saying is widely circulated: "The wealth of the world is in the pockets of Americans, and the wealth of the United States is in the pockets of Jews." ”
Therefore, we must cultivate the habit of reading in children from an early age.
Then, from the age of two or more, you can buy some cloth books for the baby to read, or simple picture books, the mother takes the child to read together, some parents say that the child is so small, does he understand?
This requires us to see that the child is in the sensitive period of language at this time, and this time span is from 1 to 6 years old. Reading is actually a reading experience that parents use to read aloud and dictate to their children.
At the same time, when a child is exposed to books at this age, books are not just for him to read, for him, books have unlimited possibilities, he may try to touch, bite, tear, smell.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that we buy cloth books for children that are not easy to be destroyed, and in addition, slightly larger, the picture books prepared are preferably light and thin, easy to take and put away.
Because the baby is small, too big and too heavy picture books, it is not convenient to take, and the hard edges of the hardcover version are also easy to scratch the child, which is not suitable for reading at this stage.
Second, at this stage, the child's reading must be carried out in the company of parents
Make full use of the sensitive period of language and expression, we use reading in the way of speaking and speaking, plus children to see together, mobilize children's senses, will be more conducive to the cultivation of reading interest.
We can hold the child in our arms, hold a book with our fingers, read out to the child to read some content, some books are simply just the identification of certain things, we can patiently read to the child, such as this is an apple, this is a flower, we will tell the child what this is? Children may read along with us.
Third, reading the word along with it does not mean that the child understands the meaning of the word
It should be noted that at this time, reading to the child, or simply saying words when recognizing some objects, the baby may not understand what this means.
However, he recognizes that the above thing is an apple, and may also remember a certain pronunciation, but this does not mean that he really knows words, and the action at this time is more of a reading experience.
Fourth, if we want our child to be able to read at this time, then we need to take into account his age characteristics.
Literacy is best done in a game way, and the time can not be too long, because literacy is relatively boring, let a child of a few years old sit upright to read, the child is unable to sit still, there will be no minutes will be distracted.
But if it is a way of playing, it can arouse the interest of children.
But the same should be noted, the time is best about 3-5 minutes, not more than 10 minutes.
Stopping when he's having fun and agreeing to play it tomorrow will make your baby enjoy the game and build up interest.
Fifth, literacy games and parent-child co-reading are carried out separately, not mixed together
Parent-child co-reading is to cultivate children's interest and habits in reading, with the establishment of reading habits, children under the stimulation of high frequencies, word recognition will naturally begin.
At this time, literacy can be carried out gradually at the age of two or three, but in the form of playing games.
Moreover, consciously identifying some words in daily life, so that children know that it is a very fulfilling thing to recognize words, so that literacy is linked to fun, achievements and parents like to be linked, then, this is in the child's heart, planting a literacy anchor.
Tell us about a few literacy games for kids
Below, I will give you a few fun and interesting literacy games, using such games to make children like literacy.
1. The game of playing gophers
This game is suitable for babies who have no literacy foundation and play with their mother.
The mother and the baby sit on both sides, the mother reads the word "up", the baby takes a small stick and knocks on the word "up" on the ground, and after a round, the baby changes.
Playing like this, the baby will especially like it, and the play can't stop.
2. The game of jumping and jumping music
Lay a mat on the ground and put the card on the ground.
When playing, put the word card on the mat, the mother says a word, and the baby jumps on the word.
This kind of play is suitable for energetic babies, using the way of jumping on the words, so that the baby will soon recognize these words.
3. Flip the game
The baby and the mother sit face to face, the mother points to the word to read out quickly, the baby follows the reading, it should be noted that the time should be fast, do not care whether the baby recognizes it, quickly take the reading, repeat three times after stopping.
In this way, it is suitable for children to be able to sit quietly for a while, and to be able to train children's express response.
These 3 kinds of games, should pay attention to the fact that the proportion of new words, semi-familiar words and familiar words must be paid attention to, in principle, there are fewer new words, more familiar words, the recommended proportion, new words 1: semi-familiar words 2: familiar words 7.
At the beginning, do not be too much, 5 word cards, 10 word cards can be, as the number of recognized words increases, you can gradually increase the number of word cards.
But pay attention to the state of the child, both to prevent playing too happy, can not sleep at night, but also to prevent playing too long children tired of no energy, the best time to control at about 5 minutes, the longest is not more than 10 minutes.
Write at the end
After the age of three, children will go to kindergarten, and also begin to recognize some simple words, so at home, we can not be too deliberate to recognize words, on the one hand, we do not know how to use the right way to guide children to recognize words, on the other hand, it is easy to be too hasty, eager to know how many words as a standard for word recognition.
In doing so, it is actually very easy to be thankless and not much good for the child's literacy.
But reading can, we use the way of parent-child reading, let the child establish the habit of reading, and in the process of reading, naturally interested in words, everything will come naturally.
Even if you really want to read, playing games, cultivating interest and a sense of accomplishment is more important than knowing how many words.
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