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Helping Toddlers with Reading and Language Skills
Some Tips for Helping Toddlers with Beginning Reading Skills Part I While most toddlers can not be expected to sit down and read Tolstoy to their stuffed animals, most toddlers are more than ready to learn skills associated with learning to read. The most important skill in learning to read is to ensure that toddler's are able to hear language sounds. Children with chronic ear infections are prone to having Otitis Media which is fluid in the inner ear that will not drain. This fluid causes sounds to be muffled, creates discomfort for the child and can even render a child nearly deaf.
While some medical experts believe that very occasional ear infections should just "run their course" ,if you have a child who suffers from chronic or frequent ear infections, make sure you are seeking appropriate medical care. Being able to hear sounds clearly helps the child learn to correctly identify speech sounds and to be later able to correctly associate speech sounds with their letter representations. A second important factor is experiential learning. As you go about your day, run errands, take trips, TALK to your child about whatever you are doing and use correct vocabulary associated with the task. By talking and using appropriate vocabulary you are familiarizing your child with words and concepts that will help reading comprehesion (What I talk about, I can read about) Occasionally, as your child to "write" about something interesting from the day's activities and draw a picture to show what was written. Next, add a sentence of your own using words your child used as he/she was telling about the writing and illustration. Keep your sentences short-three or four words then read it back to him using your finger to follow the text as you read. Your child will learn that one spoken word is one written word and we read text in a specific direction. Listening leads to talking so your child needs to be able to discern discreet phonemic sounds and intonations. If your child experiences extended periods of time not being able to hear clearly, those sound acquisition and speech acquisition skills can be negatively impacted. Load your child with experiences. Pretend you're in a jungle when you're in the grocery store and are exploring all of the jungle plants in the produce section. You don't need to spend money or take elaborate trips. Any place and an imagination will do. Experiences are abundant in books too. READ READ READ to your child and talk about what interests the child. Name the pictures! Books are great experiences. Write with your child! Your child is likely to scribble but that's ok. It's all good. Reinforce the writing by adding your own words then read them back to your child. You can mould your child's future with simple activities to you but new experiences for your child! |
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