As children entering Kindergarten for the first time. More than likely they would have all been exposed to reading materials and letter sounds as well as letter identification. Junior Kindergartens normally are excited about being in school for the first time. How should teachers and parents sustain young early readers to become avid readers?
Reading readiness are the pre experience of reading. It is very important to submerge young children with reading materials. Find a local library and sign up your child. Make it a habit to visit the library and allow your children to choose appropriate books.Some schools do have a library and they will send home books with students. At this stage children will learn their letters as well as letter sounds. Parents can encourage children to write the letter they learned as well find objects at home that begin with the letter sounds they did at school.
Many schools have reading circle times where the teacher sets aside time to read to students. Parents should also supplement what is happening at school.This is where having a library card is of great importance because you can borrow a number of books to read at home. Many great books for reading especially at bed time are; Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, PJ Masks, Thomas, Miffy, Daniel Tiger. just to name a few.
Have a discussion about their favourite characters. Let them tell who is their favourite pup on Paw Patrol, or why Peppa Pig loves muddy puddles. Try and limit screen time during the week . Sesame Street books are a great way to supplement learning as they are always touching on important topics as well as educational tools for learning like what is the letter and number of the day.
Early years are the best years for readers as they are eager to learn new words.Kindergartens learn through rhymes and stories and songs. Let them express themselves through drawing and scribbling on paper and ask them to tell you about what they did on the paper. Let them pretend to write their own books.
Dr Suess books are a great learning tool for early readers as its repetition and nonsensical verses with rhyming words lay the foundation for for 3 to 5 year olds to start putting words together to make simple sentences.Workbooks are a great way to supplement children's reading with what they learn at school. It is also an alternative to screens and it distracts children. Many workbooks such as the Beaver Books and others normally have activities in them. Therefore children are learning as well.
Early Readers are eager to learn and we should engage them as at this stage they are hungry for knowledge. In all my years as an educator I have never seen a child in Kindergarten who isn't naturally curious and joyful. Unless there are other issues but young children are naturally curious about the world and they love being read to. It is important to harness this unwavering willingness to learn.
Let us keep our young children reading this school year. feel free to browse my list of books for early readershttps://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/books?ie=UTF8&pn=irid178084465
Parents feel free to reach out to me through this blog if you need help in finding worksheets or work books, or if you need recommendations in finding good books. I would love to hear from you.
