There are so many things parents and adults can do to help children become better readings at an early age They can read to their child, help them learn their alphabet, help them spell their names out, utilize phonemic awareness and use word recognition while reading. Phonemic awareness is more important than many adults know. It helps in recognizing and generate rhyming words,count syllables, separate the beginning of the word from the ending and to identify the phonemes in a word. These are all vital when reading and will help children become fluent readers. They will be able to identify "leg" from "log" or "pack" and "pick" which is important to enhance their reading abilities. When helping children recognize words parents and adults have to be conscious that the child is not an expert reader and that they have to tailor and teach to the child's needs. One should make sure they are going at a good pace and helping the student learn not forcing he or she to comprehend the information. Be patient and allow the lesson learned to be fun and able to be related to their lives.Questions to Consider:
1. How could you help children become better readers at an early age?
I really liked how the articles emphasized that students can identify words through words they already know. It seems like a simple concept, however it never crossed my mind to ask a reader if a word looks like another word they are familiar with. I agree that we should be patient and allow the lesson learned to be fun and that reading should be something that students can relate to their everyday lives.
ReplyDeleteI loved the activities that the articles all presented. The ideas presented in the Yopp and Yopp articles were my favorite. I like the idea of the game, "Teacher May We?" It allows the children to move around the classroom while also having to decipher the amount of phonemes that they hear in a word.
ReplyDeleteI did not realize how little time I have ever spent thinking about phonemic awareness until I read this week's articles. It is such an important aspect in children's reading development. Both parents and teachers need to be aware of its important so the child can be surround with it both in and out of the classroom. I also love the idea of coaching! Children are capable of figuring things out so why not allow them to do it (of course with guiding from the teacher or parent).
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you emphasized that the activities should be fun and relatable to their everyday lives. I thought that it was interesting that phonemic awareness instruction does not need to take hours and hours. It can take ten to thirty minutes. That gave me a big relief when I read that because there is so little time in the day, and reading is definitely a huge problem in todays education system. We can incorporate phonemic lessons into all subjects throughout the day, and I think these articles did a great job of sharing with us the options that we have as teachers.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is really important, as you said, to make sure to be patient with your kids when they are reading. Sounding things out is a tedious process, but it is necessary. If you can improve their phonemic awareness, then they will probably have an easier time recognizing the different graphemes that make up the printed words.
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