According to experts, regardless of when a child starts reading, it is important to instill in him an interest in books. After all, many kids, even at preschool age, are not only able to learn letters and start reading, but also get an idea of diligence and perseverance.
Instructions
Step 1
Learning to read in the form of a game can begin long before your baby is one year old. Not only books can come in handy, but also cubes with letters - classes with those where the letter is accompanied by a corresponding picture ("A" - watermelon, etc.) will be especially effective. In the first stage, the child recognizes familiar objects, animals, etc. by pointing at them with his finger. Learning simple rhymes together will also be helpful. It would seem that such elementary things can play a very important role after a while - the mother begins the line, and the child continues, and then begins to compare the already familiar words with the letters printed on paper. As a result, parents may be pleasantly surprised how easily and naturally their little one was able to master reading.
Step 2
Recently, the popularity of various early learning methods has grown, when newborn children who have barely learned to focus their gaze, for example, are offered huge (compared to babies) black and white cards with written syllables and letters, and sometimes numbers. According to the adherents of such training, children already at the age of two or three months are able to perceive such information, which after a while will certainly manifest itself and will be very useful. However, the opinions of experts differ - in particular, some psychologists and educators literally ask parents to "leave their children alone." There is a time for everything, and it is not at all a fact that a child to whom letters were hung over his head from infancy, by the age of three, will begin to quote A. S. Pushkin from memory. On the contrary, the number of children who, by the middle group of the kindergarten, begin to experience a persistent negative reaction not only to literature, but also to learning in general, is growing. Gradual and unobtrusive - this is how the recommendations of the supporters of the traditional direction usually look.
Step 3
"A student is not a vessel that needs to be filled, but a torch that needs to be lit" - these words were attributed to many thinkers and famous teachers, and this quote is perfect for teaching reading at an early age. When accustoming a child to books, it is important to choose something that can interest the child - by reading first to him, and then with him, you can learn the first letters. And it is likely that with the correct selection of children's literature, as a result of unobtrusive playful learning, the kid will be interested in reading. First, you should take books printed on thick paper with large letters and bright illustrations - they will not only attract the attention of, for example, a one and a half year old child, but also withstand all the tests. As you know, children of the first or second year of life often taste new things. And books are no exception. However, it will take quite a bit of patience when the baby already has a favorite book. Perhaps the letters on its pages will be the first lesson for the baby.
