Can children be taught to read in advance? When will children develop their reading ability?

When the baby reaches a certain stage, he needs to start learning pinyin and learning to read. Some mothers will teach their children to read and write in advance, thinking that this will allow their children to learn knowledge earlier, so that they will not be unable to keep up in school later. But in fact, teaching literacy does not need to be done deliberately. It can be understood together while cultivating children's reading ability. So how to cultivate it specifically?

Can children learn to read in advance?

There is no need to teach children to read. Because the picture books for children’s early reading are mainly based on pictures and supplemented by text, and the pictures and text are highly coordinated. Even if the children do not know the words, they can understand the story well by listening to our explanation and then combining it with the pictures.

If children are taught to read in advance, the child's focus when reading picture books will shift from pictures to words, which will affect the child's interest in reading picture books, and then he will ignore many details in the pictures, which is not conducive to children's reading.

Chinese words can be recognized when the child is four or five years old, and there is no need to specialize in recognition. In fact, he has read more picture books by then, and some words appear more times, so he will recognize them naturally.

When to develop children’s reading ability

Children’s reading ability can actually be developed from an early age. It does not mean that you have to read all kinds of long books like adults, such as some children’s picture books, picture albums, little books, black and white cards, color cards, etc. Just proceed step by step and buy age-appropriate reading materials for your children.

Many young mothers will receive prenatal education from about the second trimester of pregnancy. During pregnancy, they listen to some light music, read some books that make them feel better, do some small crafts, or paint... By improving their artistic skills, they can achieve the purpose of prenatal education for their babies.

When the baby is 0 to 6 months old, the baby at this time is very dependent on the mother's arms and has a strong sense of perception. He will feel the beauty of language through the mother's voice and communicate with people through hearing and vision, so we need to read some simple nursery rhymes or short stories to the baby.

Baby is 6 months to 1 year old. At this stage, the baby is very curious and has strong hands-on ability. He can satisfy his curiosity with his hands and mouth. We can buy some picture books with a strong sense of pictures and colors, such as nature-related picture books about animals, fruits, etc., or picture books about life-related objects. This can not only exercise the baby's cognitive ability, but also stimulate the baby's vision and identify colors.

Baby is 1~2 years old. Many babies learn to walk and babbling at this stage. We can teach the baby some simple nursery rhymes and tell the baby some short stories. Babies at this stage will not be as obedient and motionless in their arms as before, so mothers should interact more with their babies and tell stories while pointing out the content of the picture book stories, which can deepen the baby's impression.

Baby is 2 to 3 years old. At this time, the baby's language ability develops very quickly and he knows a lot of conversations, so it is still necessary for parents and children to read together, mainly telling stories! At this stage, you can interact with the baby after telling the story.

How to help children read words

Reading cards

This is a more traditional way of reading. When parents teach their children to read, they can take cards and tell them one by one what to read. Nowadays, many cards have pictures on them. It will be easier for children to understand if they have real objects.

Literacy software

There are many literacy apps on the market now, and parents can choose according to their needs. But be careful to control the time your children use electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

Children's books

You can choose children's books according to their age groups, such as picture books, picture albums, children's songs, etc. The content does not need to be too complicated, and it is best to include pictures and texts, so that children will be more interested.