If you are reading these lines, then most likely you have already forgotten the long way you had done before you could read fluently. Reading, which seems so natural to us, results from many skills we have acquired through a few years of hard work during childhood. In fact, we cannot just see a text anymore — once we lay our eyes on it, we inevitably read it!
For preschoolers, however, any random text their eyes meet, is just a string of strange signs.
Could be, they know it is a text…
Probably, they know that these signs are called “letters”…
They might even know to name a few of the letters…
Yet, to turn this group of signs into a meaningful text, takes loads of work and acquisition of many skills.
Why? Read the following sentence, as a hint:
Bart the bat is small but fat he hides an egg in his shiny new bag
Now, read it again please.
This time, pay attention to the letter “A”:
Bart the bat is small but fat he hides an egg in his shiny new bag
Think of all you need to know about the letter “A” in order to pronounce the line above correctly and to understand its meaning. Knowing the letter name is simply not enough.
There is so much to learn in order to really know the ABC.
Where, when and how to start?
These questions will be covered in the following posts.
Stay tuned!
