Children aged 4-5 can generally learn to read, and the literacy speed is not slower than that of children aged 6-7. The study also shows that children over 5 years old can learn most strokes of Chinese characters, and can use strokes to analyze glyphs and write.
Some experts also believe that when children have the ability of pattern recognition, they can be taught to read from the beginning. In other words, literacy education can start at the age of 1 year.
The sensitive period of children's literacy is 4 years old. In fact, about 4 years old is the period when children are most eager for knowledge. During this period, providing children with knowledge and information can encourage them to study actively, satisfy their thirst for knowledge and promote the development of their interest in learning. Secondly, from birth to 6 years old is the best period for children's brain development. Scientific experiments have proved that learning in early childhood will promote the development of children's cerebral cortex and cultivate people with high quality of brain cells and smart minds. Therefore, reading and literacy at the age of 3 will not affect the normal development of children. 4-6 years old may be a better age.
The peak of children's literacy is 3-8 years old, which has advantages for children's early reading. Expert research shows that 3-8 years old is the peak of children's literacy and the fastest time to learn to read and remember. The brain of a 3-8-year-old child is like a blank disk. For them, memory is not a burden, but a physiological need. This is the best time for children to learn literacy, which will promote the development of cerebral cortex.
4 Guide children to read and use picture books to teach them to read. Mom can read to the baby while lighting the lamp. You can also tell children stories in pictures and books, show them word cards, and let them remember Chinese characters while understanding stories.
Sometimes, you can also adopt the method of endorsing first and then recognizing words. Tell your child the story he likes to listen to repeatedly until the baby can repeat it independently. At this time, we read together, sit in the right position and find the font corresponding to the pronunciation.
Parents who are interested in literacy cards can make many illustrated literacy cards themselves, or collect some pictures to teach their children to read. In daily life, children are taught to know Chinese characters from time to time through cards and games. It is easy for children to learn, easy for parents to teach, and more importantly, it can deepen their impression of Chinese characters.
Children's songs and poems with catchy Chinese characters are loved by children and easily accepted. Parents can teach their children to read nursery rhymes first, let them recite their favorite nursery rhymes, and then slowly teach them the Chinese characters in nursery rhymes one by one.