Teaching Reading to Kids
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Hahaha I like your phrase “bark at print”!
I agree, reading without any understanding is just pointless.
I tried everything to encourage my kid to read from an early age. He never showed any interest in story books. He was more interested in asking me questions and listening to my answers.
Subsequently he just “taught” himself to read street signs, restaurant menus and notice boards. By asking me to read them out and “translate” what they meant. From then till now, he just figures everything out in context & seeks clarification if needed. -
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Not my creation! I think I came across the phrase when I was learning about teaching kids to read, and it's probably something used in the literature. We lived overseas when my kids were small, so I was the one who had to teach them to read. And my 2 kids were very different in when and how they learnt, so I've had a wide range of experience!
Hahaha I like your phrase “bark at print”![/quote] -
I started reading books to my kids as early as possible
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CharlesAlsop\" post_id=\"2000517\" time=\"1603831427\" user_id=\"189182:
How old is she? If under 5, just keep reading to her and leave the teaching to later. Kids learn a lot of language just by listening, especially the more auditory ones. Learning to decode text comes later, and isn't really important till they start school. My younger daughter refused to learn to read till nearly 6, but is a very high achiever (now in university). She just liked being read to! My older girl read much earlier, but isn't as academically strong.
My daughter likes me to read books to her, but if I try to teach her to read, she stops listening to me. -
Agreed. Reading to child as early as toddlers so they will be introduced while young. Eventually reading will be a habit for them
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Teaching children to read
https://www.readandspell.com/teaching-children-to-read -
EmmaYang\" post_id=\"2002398\" time=\"1605158899\" user_id=\"183230:
This is also one of them : https://readwk.com/children-learning-reading-program/
Teaching children to read
https://www.readandspell.com/teaching-children-to-read -
Just my thought…it is unlikely as parents you are able to pronounce English or Chinese properly. I suggest you get your kid through ICR (or MES) reading program, about 2 years (total maybe SGD4K). The end result is really worth it. My kids can correct my pronounciation and speaks way better English than what I hear from my colleagues with heavy Singlish accent. I believe after they reach P5 or P6 level, it is extremely hard to correct their reading habits even if you splurge triple that amount. I read books to my kids at night since in the womb. Total books easily exceed 1-2K. They are heavy youtube viewer and even pick-up British accent from Peppa pig video. Taxi uncle thought we are BBC (British born chinese). And yet only going through 2 years with ICR reading program their pronounciation and usage has a significant improvement. Previously their english is like parrots where some phrases are very accurately brits, the rest are mixed Singlish-Filipino-Chinese pronounciation.
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ingwei79\" post_id=\"2037803\" time=\"1631523977\" user_id=\"173745:
Wow. I don't speak English like British or Chinese like those from China, because I'm from Singapore! While I appreciate the need for us to encourage our children to speak proper English or Chinese, I feel one should speak the language as it is locally spoken. Like it or not, it is part of our heritage. I am reminded of an incident back when I was having dinner with my Singaporean friends in an American school. There was this American who was listening to us intently with a smile. Finally he asked, \"Hi there! That's Chinese right?\" We were stunned because we were chatting in English all the time. OK, maybe Singlish. So we smiled back at him politely and told him (in American English) that we were chatting in English, though not HIS type of English.
Just my thought...it is unlikely as parents you are able to pronounce English or Chinese properly. I suggest you get your kid through ICR (or MES) reading program, about 2 years (total maybe SGD4K). The end result is really worth it. My kids can correct my pronounciation and speaks way better English than what I hear from my colleagues with heavy Singlish accent. I believe after they reach P5 or P6 level, it is extremely hard to correct their reading habits even if you splurge triple that amount. I read books to my kids at night since in the womb. Total books easily exceed 1-2K. They are heavy youtube viewer and even pick-up British accent from Peppa pig video. Taxi uncle thought we are BBC (British born chinese). And yet only going through 2 years with ICR reading program their pronounciation and usage has a significant improvement. Previously their english is like parrots where some phrases are very accurately brits, the rest are mixed Singlish-Filipino-Chinese pronounciation.
Sure, we should speak good English. But to speak British English in Singapore will only serve to alienate and deny yourself of your true heritage.
Speak as the Romans speak. If someone speaks Singlish as it serves his purpose, so be it. If someone speaks British in Singapore because that is all he knows, so be it. The key goal is to be better understood!
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