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READING TO CHILDREN
RESEARCH FINDING:
The best way for parents to help their children become better
readers is to read to them--even when they are very young. Chil-
dren benefit most from reading aloud when they discuss stories,
learn to identify letters and words, and talk about the meaning
of words.
COMMENT:
The specific skills required for reading come from direct exper-
ience with written language. At home, as in school, the more
reading the better.
Parents can encourage their children's reading in many ways.
Some tutor informally by pointing out letters and words on signs
and containers. Others use more formal tools, such as workbooks.
But children whose parents simply read to them perform as well as
those whose parents use workbooks or have had training in teach-
ing.
The conversation that goes with reading aloud to children is as
important as the reading itself. When parents ask children only
superficial questions about stories, or don't discuss the stories
at all, their children do not achieve as well in reading as the
children of parents who ask questions that require thinking and
who relate the stories to everyday events. Kindergarten children
who know a lot about written language usually have parents who
believe that reading is important and who seize every opportunity
to act on that conviction by reading to their children.
Anderson, R. C. et al. (l985). Becoming a Nation of Readers: The
Report of the Commission on Reading. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading.
Brzeinski, J. E. (l964). "Beginning Reading in Denver." The
Reading Teacher, Vol. l8, pp. l6-2l.
Chomsky, C. (l972). "Stages in Language Development and Reading
Exposure." Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 42, pp. l-33.
Dunn, N. E. (l98l). "Children's Achievement at School-Entry Age
as a Function of Mothers' and Fathers' Teaching Sets." The
Elementary School Journal, Vol. 8l, pp. 245-253.
Heath, S. B. (l983). Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work
in Communities and Classrooms. New York: Cambridge University
Press.