In the National Reading Panel report, they also determined that the beneficial effects of phonemic awareness on reading last well beyond the period of training. While phonemic awareness instructions are proven to significantly help children learn reading, it is not a complete reading program.
What it does, is provide children with a foundational knowledge base of the alphabet language. The NRP analysis also showed that phonics instructions produces significant benefits for students from kindergarten through grade 6, and is also helpful for children with learning to read difficulties.
Children who are taught with phonics and phonemic awareness instructions are consistently able to decode, read, and spell, and even demonstrated significant improvement in their ability to comprehend text. Even older children who receive these similar teachings improved their ability to decode and spell.
The NRP made a key statement saying that "conventional wisdom has suggested that kindergarten students might not be ready for phonics instruction, this assumption was not supported by the data. The effects of systematic early phonics instruction were significant and substantial in kindergarten and the 1st grade, indicating that systematic phonics programs should be implemented at those age and grade levels."
The NRP made a key statement saying that "conventional wisdom has suggested that kindergarten students might not be ready for phonics instruction, this assumption was not supported by the data. The effects of systematic early phonics instruction were significant and substantial in kindergarten and the 1st grade, indicating that systematic phonics programs should be implemented at those age and grade levels."
However, I would like to further expand on that by saying that children as young as two years old can learn to read through phonics and phonemic awareness instructions. If a young child can speak, then they should be able to learn to read, even if they are as young as two years old. In fact, I have proven this with my own children. We started teaching our daughter at 2 years and 8months, and she was very capable at reading by the time she was just 2 years and 11 months old.
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I often hear parents say
that they don't want to "push" their child too hard. How can teaching
your child to read at a young age be considered "pushing" them too
hard? If you as a parent already have the mentality that reading is a chore, and
teaching them to read is pushing "too hard", you certainly can't
expect your children to be excited about learning reading.
On the contrary,
learning to read offers a young child an opportunity for a lifetime to learn,
discovers, and enjoys the wonders of reading. Parents (including myself) will
often underestimate the abilities and learning capabilities of young children.
When we first began our
teaching reading program with our first child when she was 2 years and 8
months, little did we expect that in just a few short weeks, she would be
reading not just words, but sentences and story books.
After about 3 months, by
the time she was 2 years 11 months old, our daughter could read "Step in
to Reading - step 2 (pre-school to grade 1 level)" books with some
guidance. The benefits of learning to read were apparent - improved speech
clarity, and better reading ability and reading comprehension.
There are no shortage of
studies which find many benefits in teaching children reading at an early age.
For example, one study administered a Stanford achievement test at the start of
kindergarten and then again at the end of grade one found that early language
based skills were highly associated with later academic performance in school
aged children.
[1] Similar studies also found that a high
level of letter knowledge in kindergarten can reliably predict better later
literacy skills.[2] Having a home environment that's conducive to literacy
growth is critical in a child's development, and directly affects a child's language
and literacy development. Studies have found that responsiveness and support of
the home environment is the strongest predictor of children's language and
early literacy skills. [3] My point here is help make parents aware that
children who enter kindergarten with highly developed early reading skills will
achieve greater success with systematic reading education. [4]
It's never too late to start
home lessons and programs to teach your children to read.
Regardless how old
your child is, starting a reading program at a young age will have ample
benefits. Start with lots of talking, singing, and reading to your child right
from birth, and once your child is able to speak, you can start a simple
reading program.
Begin with teaching your
child some basic letters and their sounds, and even as soon your child learn
just a few letters and their sounds, you can begin teaching them simple blends
using the letter knowledge that they have acquired.
Work on ear training with
your child on oral blending and word segmentation. One of the keys to teaching
children read is developing phonemic awareness. Studies have shown that
phonemic awareness is one of the best predictors of reading success in
children.
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