Re:Improving the way kids are taught to read
by walshemj on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:15PM
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That's not how I experienced it I remember reading suddenly clicking I think in my first year as I can remember the Victorian era school room in my villages primary.
Oddly enough I am a dyslexic but had zero problems with reading- writing, spelling and grammar not so much - chiz
Re:Improving the way kids are taught to read
by IIIIIIIIIIIIIII on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:09AM
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I get that - I too was a five year old at some point :-) Not sure I started actually reading at five though, I think those were books heavy on images with little text, if any.
The age to start is a very different subject, I'm not convinced that rushing this is useful (nor that it hurts). Of course it depends on the overall situation, I don't want to lean out very far on anything I'm saying here. I might look at what else the kid does. If the child is active I probably wold not care if it starts reading at 5 or at 7. I think - and I also base that on a basic (but not more) knowledge of neuroscience - that moving is much more important in the early years.
The interesting stories as motivator works for kids that already know how to read and need just some more practice. And when the books the child is inclined to read are already collected and available - when the kid is starting, it takes multiple attempts to figure out what it is that child will like.