Pre-school programs teach kids to read in many ways. They include interactive games, learning activities and reading exercises that help them remember what they’ve learned. Reading programs for preschoolers also help kids learn new words, understand what they read, and learn how to write.
Here is what pre-schools do to introduce reading into their programs.
- Alphabet Identification
Children need to be taught the letters of the alphabet, both in their upper and lower case forms, so that they can be differentiated from one another. They also need to be able to link each letter of the alphabet to the sound that it represents. They will eventually learn words and be able to identify the sounds associated with them as time passes.
- Read-Aloud
Reading aloud teaches youngsters how to identify letters and words, how to say them, and how they are used together in sentences. All these are essential skills for them to learn. In addition, it encourages enrolment and aids in quickly recollecting previously learned words.
No matter how often you read aloud to a child, you are not training them to read. Still, you are building their capacity to comprehend language.
- Foundation Literacy
Reading interactive storybooks, playing games that teach children the letters of the alphabet, and engaging in interactions with speech and print through nursery rhymes and other forms like poems are great ways to get kids excited about reading.
- Sing or talk about pictures
It is not necessary to actually read the words in order to convey a story. If your youngster likes books, you might try “reading” the pictures to them at some point. When your kid is at a suitable age, have them read the photos to you.
- Visual learning
Engage in some matching fun with a game like Pictionary or picture bingo. Children realize that the letters in phrases must always be put in the same order for the word to have any meaning at all by seeing that particular objects are just the same as one another.
- Rhyming Literature
Rhyming books are read to children in addition to storybooks. Listening to rhymes and reading along with words that sound alike is a favorite pastime for many preschoolers. It’s almost like they’re singing a song to them. Practicing their pronunciation and expanding their vocabulary are two benefits of this activity.
- Print Awareness
Through print awareness, students learn about the characteristics of books, like the fact that words flow from left to right in a text. Children are incapable of handling books, much less reading them! When they are taught all this, they will also learn the importance of reading a book from beginning to end.
- Set Up A Reading section In The Classroom.
Choose a quiet spot in your classroom that is set aside for reading and writing. Make a place for kids to sit down and read a book, practice writing their names, or listen carefully during story time. Setting up a comfortable place for preschoolers to read will encourage them to curl up with a book and form a positive relationship with learning and books.
- Repetition
To improve children’s analytical skills, a storybook is read to them multiple times in a slightly different manner. The children then answer questions that have been thoughtfully created concerning the tale book.
- Increasing Your Vocabulary
Getting better at words is an important step on the way to reading. Children go from being able to name and draw shapes to being able to name and write letters. As letter sounds are learned, it changes what it means to sing “The Alphabet Song.” Your kid will be very happy to show off their new skills as those sounds turn into words.
Final thoughts
Have fun together as a group. This is the most important advice when reading to young children. Children are more likely to retain information by actively participating in the activity and enjoying themselves. When kids have good experiences with books, they feel good about reading, making them want to keep looking for books and other ways to learn as they age. Young people can be encouraged to develop their reading skills by creating an atmosphere conducive to reading and introducing them to activities that keep their interest.