Timeline for My 2.5 years old daughter asks to learn to read
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| Nov 22, 2015 at 4:41 | answer | added | Rex Kerr | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 21, 2015 at 22:07 | answer | added | Basil Bourque | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 21, 2015 at 11:52 | comment | added | PatrickT | Read fun books together, you read a line, stop before a key word, have her read or guess it, eventually she memorizes and associates the letters with the word. You can start as early as 1, no problem. For extra fun, read a sentence, "mis-read" one word, e.g. "rabbit" instead of "chicken", she'll notice something wrong and correct you. Keep your finger on the words you're reading, read very clearly, read the same books repeatedly and that's it. I recommend "Tchoupi" and "Les p'tites poules" in français. :-) | |
| Nov 20, 2015 at 19:04 | comment | added | Yakk | @NoahSpurrier There are people who read "with sound in their head" (and those who do not: never be surprised by how differently people think!). When they run into a new word they have never heard, they read phonetically, as there isn't really another choice. Anyone, when speaking a word they have never heard, will read it phonetically (often based on bigger-than-single-letter patterns, admittedly). | |
| Nov 20, 2015 at 18:02 | comment | added | Jimbo Jonny | Not worth making an entire answer for...but I'd point out that it is **definitely ** possible. Both me and my sister were reading at age 2. I know of other examples of this as well. | |
| Nov 20, 2015 at 15:52 | comment | added | Braiam | "but I'm not sure she could understand that." you are giving little credit to your daughter. As someone that essentially self-taught how to read, I can see that she's following the same route I did. Except, perhaps, that she doesn't shout what she can read of each signboard she finds while traveling. | |
| Nov 20, 2015 at 13:25 | answer | added | Michael Borgwardt | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 22:59 | comment | added | Noah Spurrier | I learned with the "whole world" method, common before "phonics" became popular. My opinion is that "whole world" is probably better for young children since they have amazing memories. "Phonics" is more algorithmic and harder to teach to a child who has only just acquired language. Also "phonics" is going to be painful and disappointing to a child trying to read English; though, it's probably great for regular, Romance languages. And in the long run, nobody reads phonetically. | |
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| Nov 19, 2015 at 16:31 | comment | added | Acire | I encourage everyone to continue the (interesting, detailed) discussion of different reading instruction in different languages to a topical Parenting Chat room :) It's getting a little on the long side. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 16:19 | answer | added | Tomáš Kafka | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 15:49 | answer | added | dotancohen | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 21:56 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 20:50 | comment | added | Howl Jenkins | I found this article interesting, there are several advices you can try. wikihow.com/Teach-Your-Child-to-Read | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 19:04 | answer | added | Karl Bielefeldt | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 18:27 | comment | added | Nzall | I'm not sure if I'm allowed to suggest reading material, but I think Doctor Seuss books might be good to start reading with. Not sure though. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | Paul Johnson | My son learned to read at about that age. Two things that really got him going were a computerised alphabet toy that taught him the letter sounds, and the Leapfrog "Letter Factory" video (leapfrog.com/en-us/app-center/p/letter-factory-video/_/…). I don't know if there is anything equivalent in French though. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 16:56 | answer | added | rumtscho | timeline score: 13 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 16:43 | history | protected | Rory Alsop♦ | ||
| Nov 17, 2015 at 16:05 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | Same here. My mom tells me I was starting to read at 2.5, so she should definitely be developed enough to be capable. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 16:04 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackParenting/status/666648153203036160 | ||
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:48 | comment | added | PLL | Just for one data point: I don’t know what method they used, but my parents tell me I was reading (certainly words, and I think sentences) before I was 3. And I turned out a very enthusiastic reader, through childhood and since… | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:48 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | Yes, it is possible, I learned reading at about that age, and only a little older I started with my children. Just make sure that this is a fun thing to them, and that you never insist on anything. Let them come to you, a lot of times they will lose interest and after a while gain it again because they realize reading is useful, and then lose interest again etc. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:46 | comment | added | Acire | @Jodrell The question mentions a specific age, and also asks for information on how. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:44 | answer | added | samy | timeline score: 25 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:33 | comment | added | Jodrell | What do you mean, is it possible, young children are learning to read all over the world. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 15:08 | comment | added | user16557 | I also learned to read (Spanish) at a very early age, with much the method you describe - learned individual letters, then some basic combinations, then learned to "sound out" the words. In US, this is called phonics, although the horrible English orthography makes it much more complicated. Keep at it, it will work, and definitely keep reading to her while pointing at the words. Celebrate and encourage her desire to read. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 13:52 | answer | added | Kevin | timeline score: 112 | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 12:54 | comment | added | skymningen | You can learn to read without any method, especially if you are really willing to. I learned to read at merely 3 because my mum had a laryngitis and could not speak. I was bringing her written messages to dad, but the inability to know what my sick mum needs was a strong enough drive that I started to learn to read (with dads help) by deciphering her short messages. (Can I have water? What do you want to eat? Please get me my medicine,... ) Although I vaguely remember knowing some letters before. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 11:12 | comment | added | DanBeale | That method sounds like synthetic phonics. It's a good method. | |
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