Re: Learning to Read
Sure! No, they do not know the sounds the letters make. But they are sight reading the word. It's when they start to understand that the mumble jumble of letters means something. They recognize that Wal-Mart stores say Wal-mart. Target stores say Target, etc.
I am just now remembering this. I read the book How to Teach Your Baby to Read when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. (I had to look up the subject "reading" on the library website to find this title) It talked about word recognition and labeling things around the home. Also to have cards with family and pet names and use them in a flashcard style. I used that with my kids. Table, chair, refrigerator, stove, sink, tv, radio, etc. Everything in our home had a label on it. I made my own to save money, but I have now seen cards available at Walmart. It was a lot of work writing the words out and I wish Walmart would have had them back then!!! Not sure if they were household names though????
It just helps the child realize that these crazy, wavey, straight lines mean something.
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