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childrenppt.pptxParent Literacy
Childhood Education
Kaleena Springsteen
ECE 335 Children’s Literature
Carly Davenport
October 30, 2017
Importance of Reading to Young Children
Language skills.
The language used by the parents to the children tend to be repetitive and limited to vocabularies which are employed daily in addressing them. Thus, when the parents or the instructors read for the children, they enable them to have access to new vocabularies different from topics which comprise of more words and phrases which they do not hear on a daily basis. It also allows to learn new languages and develop the fluency when speaking.
Children lack the reading skills and therefore, it necessary to guide them. By that, the children will be able to achieve the following skills.
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Importance of Reading to Young Children
Improves cognitive abilities
Memory/Long-Term- enables a child to access stored information
Visual Processing- allows children to think in visual images
Improves concentration
Attention/Sustained- helps children stay focused
Attention/Selective- helps children ignore distractions
1. Reading exposes the child to various brain exercises. These activities provoke their brains and thus making them start thinking and understanding things from a broad point of view and develop their way of reasoning (Kalb, 2014).
2. Reading to young children on a daily basis enables them to sit still for long periods, and this will be beneficial as they join school. Usually a child is distracted easily by their surrounding.
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Benefits of Reading to Young Children
It develops the child’s imagination and creativity
Helping your child to become creative opens their minds up for great possibilities
Reading is a form of entertainment.
Have one or two nights a week for reading then make up games to go along with the story
It builds strong relationship between the parent and the child.
When parent spends time by his/her child bedside reading a book, this creates a bond between the them. Building a bond can help children grow emotionally.
1. When the parents read to their children, they provoke their mind to think about the characters, the setting to understand the flow of the story. Through that, the children are able to improve the way they choose ideas and think or imagine.
2. For instance, when reading comic books they present funny events which make the children enjoy the story and even respond to questions.
3. Sitting down with you child at the end of the day to read, helps both the parent and the child unwind and relax.
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Resources for Story/Music Time
Films
There are various films performed purposely targeting the children. They present funny stories, entertaining events, and music for preschoolers. The movie can be a source of stories and music times that are recited to the children.
Linguistic books/novels
Reading of the linguistic books to children help them learn about their native language quickly. This will enable the children to understand and efficiently communicate with their parent as they grow.
Resources for Story/Music Time
Cartoon programs
These are entertainment shows which are meant to entertain children. They are developed under a certain storyline which is simple for children to follow. They also employ simple language and other communication techniques like signals and symbols to enable the children to get the message quickly.
Internet library.
The internet is another rich resource which comprises of a variety of materials that can be used for reading to children. It also gives access to a music galleries which can be used to entertain the children.
The Criteria for Choosing Appropriate Book for Young Learners.
Uphold and cultivate values and morals
There are many books available for reading, but some them are not appropriate for reading to the children. Since some of them talk about immoral values like sexual behaviors, selfishness, and theft. Therefore, when selecting books, one should consider those that help children to choose virtue over evil, build a good life, and encourage integrity.
When choosing a book for young learners, it is necessary to check whether it will help the children to develop morally and develop their language. Therefore, the book should meet the following qualities (Mayesky, 2014).
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The Criteria for Choosing Appropriate Book for Young Learners.
Stimulates creativity and imagination.
The appropriate books for children make them demand to learn more. Thus, they provoke the mind of the child and stir up questions about the behaviors of the outcome of their events. This helps the children to be creative and improve their imaginations (Lonigan, 2000).
Should be attractive and attention catching.
The books used by the children should not be wordy, and it should also employ simple vocabularies. The children tend to concentrate more on the books with attractive images and simple words.
The Criteria for Choosing Appropriate Book for Young Learners.
Appeals to the child’s age, maturity, and intellectual levels.
Every book is written while targeting a particular population under a defined age limit. There are books for teenage and the adults as well as children.
It is necessary to consider age when choosing a book for children. Thus, the books for the children should not be too big with a lot of chapters and hard vocabularies but be simple attractive and appealing to the children.
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Types of Books and Their Literacy Levels
Literacy: Tactile
This category includes the routine books. Some of the preferred books for this literacy include Story Box. This book involves a visually impaired child. Therefore, when reading this disabled is necessary to choose such a book to make them feel part of the family and loved. Other books include The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco and Will I Have a Friend?
Types of Books and Their Literacy Levels
Literacy: Visual
These are used by the children to learn, understand, and count (Genishi, 2015). They include books like Feast for 10, Bear counts by Karma Wilson, Counting by Henry Pluckrose. These are counting books, and they employ different images of objects like shapes to enable children to hold every item sequentially.
Types of Books and Their Literacy Levels
Literacy: Audio
These books help the children to learn about new vocabularies, sounds, critical listening, and new languages. Some of the audio books preferred for this purpose include Diary of Wimpy Kid,
Types of Books and Their Literacy Levels
Literacy: Spatial and Gestural
This involves the ability of the child to use the environmental objects to communicate, to resolve, and solve issues. Some of the books preferred for spatial literacy include Rosie’s walk by Pat Hutchins, Up Down Around by Katherine Ayres and Lucy in the city by Julie.
References
Cognitive Definition. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2017, from https:// www.learningrx.com/cognitive-definition-faq.htm
Genishi, C., & Dyson, A. H. (2015). Children, language, and literacy: Diverse learners in diverse times. Teachers College Press.
Kalb, G., & Van Ours, J. C. (2014). Reading to young children: A head-start in life?. Economics of Education Review, 40, 1-24.
Lonigan, C. J., Burgess, S. R., & Anthony, J. L. (2000). Development of emergent literacy and early reading skills in preschool children: evidence from a latent-variable longitudinal study. Developmental psychology, 36(5), 596.
Mayesky, M. (2014). Creative activities and curriculum for young children. Cengage Learning.
