Should a preschooler be able to read?

Today, parents try to teach their children many skills even before school. In particular, we are talking about reading. But often they do it incorrectly, therefore, in order not to make mistakes in this matter, it is better to contact the specialists of the private school "Mandarinka". Details can be found at the link https://mandarinka.com.ua/ru/bez-kategoryy/shkola-v-osokorkah/

When they start teaching a child to read

According to psychophysiologists, the brain of a child under the age of four is not ready to process such information as figures and letters. In practice, you can see a child who can tell the Russian and English alphabet, but still sleeps with a pacifier. Due to an imbalance in the development of skills, there is a violation of the child's emotional sphere, which is manifested in:

1. worries;
2. fears;
3. whims;
4. neurotic reactions;
5. increased excitability;
6. irritability;
7. demandingness

Thus, the brain signals that it cannot cope with the load. Often a baby who can read in sentences at such an early age does not fully understand its meaning, for him the letters are just pictures with their names. Real understanding of the written word will come much later.

For this reason, it is necessary to approach the early reading training of a preschooler at the age of 5-6 years carefully and responsibly. It is better to postpone the study of letters until the student is ready.

At this age, it is not only necessary to teach the baby to read. Also, the correct development of speech perception and speech activity of the student is considered the main thing. In order to master written speech, the child's speech development should meet:

1. speech should be clear and understandable, logical and connected, he freely expresses his experiences, tells about what he saw, can maintain a dialogue;
2. the child fully understands the text, easily retells the content, finds cause-and-effect relationships;
3. a preschooler can perform a sound analysis of a word - determines the first and last sounds, finds a sound in a word, can determine vowel and consonant sounds.

In addition, the child must develop an interest in books and reading. Many babies have a natural desire to listen to a book and look at pictures with adults. So he gets new impressions. If you read interesting literature to him and constantly look for new information in the book, the child will gradually understand that the book is a source of knowledge and new impressions.

Is reading speed so important?

When such a desire appeared, the child himself will ask to be taught to read. This is a signal that you need to study. At what age it can happen depends on different factors: some are ready at 5-6 years old, and some at 7 or even later.

If speaking in a formal language, then the formation of this skill is the task of primary school, therefore, it is wrong to demand the skills of fast reading from the future first grader, and no one does this.

Having a strong base, the child will quickly and with pleasure begin to read even in the first grade. But if these listed qualities are not yet formed in him, then studying in primary school will be difficult for him. Therefore, it is important that all the peculiarities of children are taken into account by the educational system, so that the learning process is comfortable.

The skill of abbreviation can be mastered only gradually. Initially, the child begins to read aloud slowly and in syllables. This stage is the most difficult for the baby and requires a lot of patience, persistence and perseverance. Under the condition of regular training during reading, the future first-grader's speech becomes smooth, measured, its pace increases, intonation is developed - signs that the skill becomes automatic and is gradually consolidated.

How to interest a preschooler in the fascinating process of reading books?

In order for a preschooler to be interested in reading books, it is advisable to seek the help of a psychologist:

• 1. set a personal example - if parents read, children will also read, be interested in literature;
  2. must be read every day before going to bed. The baby should have an association of comfort, joy;
  3. it is not necessary to compare your child with others, it is better to compare his results and praise him for it;
  4. it is not necessary to force reading, it is better to study in a playful way. It is possible that the interest will be awakened precisely during the game.