Thoughts on teaching reading
Iβve been thinking a lot about this lately. I was an early reader but remember being confused by the way my mom tried teaching me to read, and canβt remember how it finally clicked. So Iβm absorbing good information about this when I find it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-thirds-of-american-kids-cant-read-fluently/
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I think about this kind of thing a lot!
I teach violin, and as helpful as it can be to break things down, sometimes kids get lost in the details and it's helpful to move to larger pieces (either more complex challenges, or longer phrases) and allow things to be messy for a while. My usual guideline is that engagement comes before anything else. Once the child is exciting about playing, lots of approaches will work.
With reading, I would think the first thing is to have a good association with it, and the next is to inspire the desire to read. Only then does it make sense to look at details of pedagogy.
Agreed! Every one of my kids began reading at different ages but all of them began with a WANT to read. If that's not there it's a whole lot more difficult no matter your methodology. It's always interesting to see the swing go from phonics to whole language and then back again, as if the "right method" (and more taxes! For the kids!) will get the job done.
