Thursday, February 24, 2011

Calling All ECE: "You Need /r/ /ee/ /d/ to Read"


Feeling pressured to produce 3 and 4 year old readers for Kindergarten?

We saw this article You Need /r/ /ee/ /d/ to Read published in the Ed. Magazine from the Harvard School of Graduate Education written by Lori Hough and felt compelled to bring it to the attention of our followers. We found this article to be one of the most "readable" explanations of the basic stages and experiences young children require to become "readers." Professor Catherine Snow, an expert on language and literacy is quoted in the article saying:

"Most typically developing readers will begin to read independently during the first grade. Precocious readers read on their own in kindergarten, or even before. Research, however, shows there is no link between early reading and intelligence, and that those who struggle with reading often have above-average IQs."

Share with this with fellow, teachers, directors, public school principals and families.

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