2012年5月13日 星期日

Four Simple Tests to Protect Your Preschooler From Future Reading Failure


Birth to early childhood is a critical time in a child's life to learn literacy skills. Parent's can easily find ways to build their child's literacy skills. It's a matter of being mindful and incorporating easy to do activities into your child's daily routine.

According to the National Early Literacy Panel from the Florida State University, University of Colorado and Rutgers University, the building blocks of literacy begin in infancy and when combined with supportive parental involvement children will have better - developed language and literacy skills than children in homes where these activities are less frequent.

Even though research studies often show a link between parental intervention and the development of literacy skills in children, reports suggest their effectiveness varies widely. To help parents understand their role as First Teacher better, they need to be equipped with both the skills and strategies to encourage their child's language and literacy development.

In order to confer a benefit to your children, in terms of their literacy development, there are a number of physiological factors to be considered first. Dr. Mary Meeker and Dr Guilford of Structure of Intellect Systems, say " Since full scale right to read programs were launched some thirty years ago, the US has had extensive research into the efficacy of various reading programs and approaches...and the proportion of functional literacy has not improved substantially."

Early childhood reading activities can prevent your child from becoming a non-reader. But before introducing reading activities into your preschooler's daily life early diagnosis of four causes of failure to learn to read should be examined. Here is a checklist of things to look for before beginning a reading program:

1) Vision: Obviously your child must have good near point vision. It seems simple enough but many adolescents who have not learned to read are indeed incapable of seeing the symbols on the page. If your preschooler's near point vision is not developing properly, no reading program will succeed.

2) Hearing: Many methods of reading training are phonetically based. Your child must listen to the sounds of the letters and words in order to learn them. They should be screened for auditory or hearing discrimination before you begin a reading program.

3) If your child shows lack of integration in all five senses the resulting confusion is often enough to affect their reading proficiency. A sensory integration testing will identify any balance, visual, or auditory developmental problems.

4) Inner Ear: In rare cases, one form of dyslexia has been traced to inner ear problems. If our child is developing a form of dyslexia that does not respond to immediate treatment they should be screened for further diagnosis.

Before you expose your preschooler to literacy training make sure to give them a smart start. They must have good near point vision skills, their hearing must be up to speed, they must have proper balance and if they are displaying any of the signs of early dyslexia that are not responding to remediation have them tested further. These developmental tests are available though your medical insurance or private health care. They are invaluable as you prepare your preschooler for reading.

Good Reading!




Joan Gibson is a Structure of Intellect practitioner and a Leadership Trainer. She has worked with clients from 4 to 64 years of age. Reading is a foundational skill and she has developed an effective program to promote reading success in all ages.

[http://www.joangibson.ca]





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