| When parents consider teaching their children to | | | | that are large enough for them to see without |
| read, they usually make this one huge mistake. If | | | | straining. |
| parents can avoid this one mistake, there children | | | | This is quite a revelation! This means that parents |
| will be able to read much faster and easier. It | | | | can teach their babies to read effortlessly in their |
| requires little time to teach your child to read, if | | | | first years of life. So what age is the best age to |
| you follow this advice. | | | | begin teaching a baby to read in this manner? The |
| First of all, when you set out to teach a child to | | | | answer is around 3 or 4 months of age. While |
| read, the earlier you start, the better. By this, I | | | | you think your baby is not capable of doing much, |
| don't mean starting at 5 years old instead of 6 | | | | you can be teaching your baby how to read! |
| years old. What I am saying is that research has | | | | Babies under 6 months are pretty stationary, not |
| proven that the younger you teach a child to | | | | moving about a whole lot. This is a perfect time |
| read, the easier they learn to read, the more | | | | to kick off a reading program for your baby. You |
| efficiently they learn to read, and they intuit the | | | | can begin showing words to your baby and |
| rules of language on their own. | | | | teaching them to read. By the timer thy are 1 |
| This means that parents don't need to teach | | | | year old, they will know hundreds or thousands of |
| reading by a set of rules. They don't have to | | | | words, and they will have learned many of the |
| start with the ABC's and then learn the sounds of | | | | phonetic patterns, allowing them to read words |
| the letters. They don't need to teach long and | | | | they have never been exposed to. |
| short vowels and consonant digraphs. This means | | | | When children are taught to read as babies, they |
| that parents can jump right in and just teach | | | | are given a strong start in life and avoid struggling |
| words. | | | | in school. After all, children that struggle to read |
| While this is not the best way to teach a 5 or 6 | | | | struggle with school, since school involves good |
| year old how to read, this is an excellent way to | | | | reading skills to succeed. |
| teach young children and babies how to read. | | | | The biggest mistake parents can make when |
| They are able to learn the patterns of the | | | | teaching their children to read, is too wait too long |
| language and the rules of the language by being | | | | to start. Babies can learn to read, why not start |
| exposed to it. All that parents need to do to | | | | today, when it is effortless for them to learn to |
| teach babies how to read is to read them words | | | | read? |