Skip to main content. Site Search Enter the terms you wish to search for. Why is Literacy Development Important? Here are just a few reasons early literacy development is important: Children with confident reading abilities typically struggle less with their studies and have a confident approach to their education.
Strong literacy skills translate well into independent learning and encourage consistent growth in and out of the classroom. Literacy development affects the way students communicate and problem solve. Those with strong literacy skills usually have improved cognitive ability. The Five Stages of Literacy Development As a child grows older and demonstrates the key stages of literacy development they will improve their reading and writing ability.
Stage 1: Emergent Literacy Age Range: years old. The ability to recognize the first letter of their name. Singing the ABCs, even if unable to identify letters separately.
The ability to recognize some letters and potentially their sound. The ability to find words in their environment. Stage 2: Alphabetic Fluency Age Range: years old. Finger-pointing to words while reading them. Beginning to recognize words. Using pictures and context clues to figure out certain words. Reading out loud word by word. As a mother of three girls, it has been interesting to watch each of my daughters develop into a reader and writer at her own pace.
I remember my oldest daughter resisting my attempts to teach her how to read before she was in Kindergarten and then soaring with reading once she entered her first classroom. I can recall my middle daughter writing her name in sidewalk chalk at age 3 without any instruction and wondering how in the world she knew how to do that.
Most recently, I observed my youngest daughter moving all the way through Kindergarten wishing she could read like other children her age, only to take off with the skill mid-year in first grade.
All three of my children were exposed to high-quality preschool environments, nightly read-alouds, and a home environment filled with rich language experiences and print materials. Despite sharing these same environmental influences, their journeys to becoming readers and writers were quite different.
Because maturation of the brain influences learning readiness, normal development for learning to read and write can range from years of age. However, children benefit from being read to years before they can read or write on their own. In order for a child to learn how to read and write, their auditory system and motor skills must also be well-developed. Reading with children from an early age helps them develop a solid foundation for literacy. It also promotes bonding and is good for your relationship with your child.
Reading with children :. Rhyming is a great way to help babies hear and identify different sounds in words. You might like to read about more activities to promote literacy. Skip to content Skip to navigation. What you can do Copy the sounds your baby makes. This helps babies understand how language is put together. Sing with your child.
Looking at books, words on cereal boxes, posters, signs, even clothing tags and pointing them out, encourages children to pay attention to print. There is plenty of print to be found in gadgets, especially on their keyboards! When children are exposed to enough print, at some point they will begin to identify common patterns, such as the letters of the alphabet.
You can introduce a child to the letters in his name as an initial foray into breaking a word into its parts. Additionally, children learn letters by looking at shapes, playing with puzzles, talking about the different forms, and of course, studying the pages of the books their parents read to them.
Reading alphabet books, singing the alphabet song and even letting toddlers play with keyboards will ensure children get plenty of practice identifying letters to prepare them for writing and de-coding later on. Adults know that letters stand for sounds but consider the situation for children.
To learn to read, you need to be able to map sounds to letters , so you can sound out your first words. Phonics can be especially tricky for a language like English in which different letters can stand for the same sound. Storytime at your local library may consist of someone reading to a group of toddlers. You can see the children listening, some of them quite attentively, and making sense of the story as they look at the pictures and process the language.
If the reader stops to ask questions and comment on the books, they can perform a sort of comprehension check to be confident the children are following along.
The key is making sure they get plenty of practice telling and listening to stories of all shapes, kinds and sizes. Not all children learn to read at exactly the same age or pace and parents can certainly benefit from knowing the steps young readers will go through on their way to literacy.
But what if your child is struggling with some of the pre-literacy milestones, such as letter recognition, and is showing disinterest when it comes to books? It may be there is a delay due to sensory impairment or a child could be struggling with learning difficulties, which can range from mild to severe.
Luckily there are plenty of steps parents and educators can take to ensure each child reaches his or her full potential when it comes to literacy skills.
Learn more about common reading problems , reluctant readers , and how to help children develop reading fluency. As older children learn to read and write , it can be helpful to introduce a multi-sensory learning course that combines audio, visual and tactile learning, fosters literacy skills development and introduces keyboarding skills at the same time.
Even at the ages of 7 and 8, children can learn to touch-type which helps them with letter and word recognition, reading, writing and spelling.
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