How to prepare my child to acquire literacy?
“I feel that my son is ready to read”
“Could my son start reading?”
“When is the perfect age to learn to read and write?”
These are questions that come up very frequently among parents who bring their children to sessions.
Things to consider before starting
Something that we must take into account before starting this process is that learning to read and write implies that children have previously developed other skills related to the development of oral language, phonological skills, vocabulary development, visuoperceptive skills, among others.
These skills are developed and trained in the infant school with the aim of having a base to begin the literacy process in the primary school.
Would you like to help him from home?
Now, if you feel that your child is ready and you would like to help him from home, read on.
- Develop oral language.
Maximizing speaking and listening at home will help you develop good communication skills so you can improve literacy.
How can you do it?
- Listen to what your child wants to tell you, without interrupting, without correcting, without judging.
- Talk to him, be a good example of listening and speaking in turns.
- Play games related to reading and writing words, even integrating them into everyday life. For example, while you are in the car “Tell me a word that starts with P”, “Let’s say names of animals”, etc.
- Encourage reading at home.
– Children copy everything we do, so take advantage and let your child see you reading.
– Shared reading pointing to objects and looking for letters.
– You can read or read with them stories that interest them, to do this, let them choose the book they like. This is necessary to inculcate the good reading habit.
- Through writing.
In the infant school is very important to work on graphomotricity since fine motor skills (precise movements that we make with our hands, fingers) are essential for the development of writing. From home you can do it by following a line of dots with a pencil, paint of two, plasticine…
Activities to develop literacy
