tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post6940385820297296013..comments2024-03-22T17:41:31.183+11:00Comments on Literacy, families and learning: The importance of reading to & with your childrenTrevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-37328027751809755042016-02-10T18:37:28.155+11:002016-02-10T18:37:28.155+11:00Thank you so much for your reply. I am so glad i h...Thank you so much for your reply. I am so glad i have found your blog. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467075153342118750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-10112440792998275992016-02-09T22:31:30.281+11:002016-02-09T22:31:30.281+11:00Thanks for your comment. I don't think you'...Thanks for your comment. I don't think you're asking the right question. There isn't a 'right' age to start teaching your child to read. In one sense we start from birth as we sing to them (helping with memory, attention, aural development etc), and as we interact with them. As we spend time with our toddlers teaching them rhymes, matching games, showing them letters and numbers, giving them pencils and crayons and so on, we are beginning their preparation for reading. As we read to them we will point to words, tell them about letters and sounds etc. So we begin to teach them from birth. But I think that you're asking "when do I start to teach my child more formally?" By this I suspect you mean teaching them to identify and sound letters, form words, read some words from memory & sight etc. Many parents begin this incidentally at any age from 3 years on. But most don't try to do anything formal before the age of 4. Even at 4 many children aren't ready for formal reading instruction. As a parent keep reading to and with them, get them interested in letters and words in their world and give them lots of experience with books and your child will be well on the way to reading by the time they get to school. Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-23275600508853264562016-02-09T19:13:42.940+11:002016-02-09T19:13:42.940+11:00my son is 4 years old, i am trying to teach him to...my son is 4 years old, i am trying to teach him to read but he seems to be very reluctant and does not enjoy it although i can see that he is learning and progressing. In your opinion when is the right age to teach a child to read? Do you think i am pushing him too much ?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467075153342118750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-18360862714364481232015-01-09T14:17:42.129+11:002015-01-09T14:17:42.129+11:00Thanks for your comment. I've fixed the link t...Thanks for your comment. I've fixed the link to my list of 250 Great Books. Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-25872811078390927332015-01-09T12:48:38.562+11:002015-01-09T12:48:38.562+11:00Hi Trevor,
Thanks for the article. I have been us...Hi Trevor,<br /><br />Thanks for the article. I have been using your ideas to give advice to parents about the importance of reading to children. <br /><br />I was trying to follow the link to the 250 Great Books that you mention in this article, however, the link appears broken. Could you supply the correct link? Thankslittle_strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940798482789935538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-17628755724452153132014-04-08T09:16:21.258+10:002014-04-08T09:16:21.258+10:00Hi Michelle, yes there is benefit in audiobooks. W...Hi Michelle, yes there is benefit in audiobooks. While your child won't have the direct parent to child emotional connection, nor the shared experience, it is a viable alternative when you can't actually sit with her and read. If you're reading 5 days a week that's a great start. Sounds like she's developing well whatever you are doing. Thanks for your comment.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-12687650308985786222014-04-08T07:05:43.731+10:002014-04-08T07:05:43.731+10:00Hi Trevor,
I've been wondering recently if au...Hi Trevor,<br /><br />I've been wondering recently if audiobooks provide any of the benefits that reading to a child would? My daughter is 3.5 and loves audiobooks. She enjoys listening to Beatrix Potter, Arnold Lobel, Rudyard Kipling and a little Julia Donaldson. <br /><br />I do read to my daughter as well but I do sometimes wonder if I should make even more of an effort to read to her. She's a bright little button, speaking in 15 word sentences (for the past year) and uses a vocabulary well beyond her years. There would be some days we don't read together but we would definitely read 5 out of 7 days a week. And then there's the audiobook listening, which is daily for at least ten minutes.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487606705515870593noreply@blogger.com