READING TO THE CHILD
It is advisable for parents to read to their children at preschool and early primary
levels. When they read to a child from story books, comic strips of the better type,
and children's magazines, he becomes aware that books, magazines, and
newspapers hold something of interest and amusement for him. He also comes to
realize that this "something" which he enjoys is tightly locked within black and white
symbols, and that these symbols can be unlocked only when one knows how to
read. This awareness and interest form a springboard from which he can leap into
learning to read in school, and into the voluntary reading of self-selected books.
Parents, however, should not continue reading to their child year after year as he
passes through the elementary grades. If the child can only get his reading pleasure
through his parents' efforts, he may not have much incentive for doing the reading
himself. Parents should decrease their reading to the child as he learns to read and
put him on his own as soon as possible.
(From
Reading Instructions for Today's Children by Nila Banton Smith)
30 • ELS
E X E R C I S E 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:
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