I think immersion is the key, really--it's how both the under-5 and the over-5 groups best learn language.
I honestly don't remember not being able to read--I remember figuring out hard words, but I don't remember the whole process of learning to decode words--my family was the kind who would get their three-year-old daughter a dry-erase board with letters printed on it so she could trace them. (Good times.)
I like the idea of stealth reading, actually--I feel that kids can learn a lot about reading from things like comics and video games (YES I SAID IT) without even realizing it. I think in this case it'd be more like "READING: NOT JUST ABOUT HUGE SCARY TOMES"--a much less frightening approach.
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Date: 2010-01-08 09:50 am (UTC)I honestly don't remember not being able to read--I remember figuring out hard words, but I don't remember the whole process of learning to decode words--my family was the kind who would get their three-year-old daughter a dry-erase board with letters printed on it so she could trace them. (Good times.)
I like the idea of stealth reading, actually--I feel that kids can learn a lot about reading from things like comics and video games (YES I SAID IT) without even realizing it. I think in this case it'd be more like "READING: NOT JUST ABOUT HUGE SCARY TOMES"--a much less frightening approach.