When should you start teaching your child to read?

It's never too early to start teaching your children to read, or at least the foundation for early literacy, and can certainly be left too late!

If you're not sure, then think about this. Statistically, more American children suffer long-term damage caused by the process of learning, that parents from abuse, accidents to read, and with all other diseases and disorders of childhood. In purely economic terms, the costs associated with reading difficulties our nationWar on terrorism, crime and drugs together.

reading problems are a challenge to the world contribute significantly to the maintenance of socio-economic disparities, racial and ethnic. However, it is not only poor children, minorities and the struggle with reading. After the 2002 report card on reading by the National Assessment of National Educational Progress (NAEP), most of our children (64%) are less mastery in reading, even after 12 years, our attemptsteach them.

Without prejudging these alarming statistics we are aware that literacy is essential for success - not only academically but in life. As the federal states of American teachers: "No other skill taught in school and learned by school children is more important than reading. It is the gateway to all the others. To teach students to read to the end of third class is the most important task assigned to elementary schools. Those who learn to read with easein the early grades have a foundation to build new knowledge. Those not condemned to repeated cycles of frustration and failure. "

More than any other subject or skill, the future of our children as they wanted to learn to read.

Reading is absolutely fundamental. It 'been said many times that it became meaningless, but does not deny its truth. In our society, our world, hands the inability to read the children, school failure and passesAdults, the lowest strata of job opportunities and life.

And just when we thought the stakes could not higher in the last ten years, educational research has found that children learn to read well, has other, more life-shaping consequences. Most children begin to learn in a deep stage in their educational development of reading. As you begin to learn to read, learn to think abstractly. They learn to learn and experienceemotional feelings about who they are and how well they learn.

What does this mean? Most children who struggle with reading blame themselves. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, teaches the process of learning to read, to be ashamed of these children - shame shame his mind - how they learn.

And the sad truth is that they have nothing to be ashamed. As Dr. Grover Whitehurst, director of the Institute of Education SciencesSciences, Assistant Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education (2003) says: "Reading failure for nearly every child is a failure of the child, the failure of policy, the failure of the school, the failure of teachers and failure of the parents. We need to rethink what it means to learn to read, and who is responsible for its success when we're done with the problem. "

Waits for policy makers to find a solution? Do you trust them?Or maybe make that work is well done by him responsible?

I know what my answer, because I experience firsthand the life of my brother knows difficulties along, which may have an irrevocable impact a reading struggle early in life. You can mark your child for life!

I am not promising that your child learn to read in advance or do not have problems. After all, there are a significant number of children with learning difficulties. ThisKids fight. However, initial training, it can to ease their suffering and struggle for a bit 'easier to manage. At least you know that everything was done to help your child and the child know well. This may not be a waste of energy!

And you have an advantage over every teacher, for your child - Mr. temperament, know their strengths and their weaknesses. You are the person best equipped to teach your child.

So, back tocentral question of the training-when should your child start reading? American Traditional training models for teaching invitation to read a child aged 7-9. Obviously we can not teach a child to read. However, we can begin during childhood, the foundation for literacy, which will, in the end it was your child a strong player.

Literacy is the ability to read a man to write, define, and speak in English, compute and solve problems at levelsnecessary to function at work, the family of the person and society.

Many of the simple things that we at home with Our Children to develop literacy, so they are already working for your child see more and make even if they are active early in the process to get your child to learn to teach. These include simple activities such as reading to your child sing, recite nursery rhymes and songs.

But what if you want to become an active participant?There are many things you can do, and this does not mean that you need to invest hundreds of dollars in an expensive reading program. Did not really need to spend much money to teach your child to read at all, at home or at least prepare your child for early reading instruction at school. The majority of parents have the tools necessary to start at home today!

That is why I stress that it would never start too early, if you and your child's development and workLearning fun and interesting and stimulating.

My main strategy of educators is to create learning opportunities and stay on the road for my students so they can learn. Learning is an active experience that should fully implement the participants. I believe that when I say "teaching" that the student is only passively involved in the learning process. I see myself more as a guide and as a resource teacher in my class. I took this approach with my sonEducation, and was a great success.

There are different games and learning tools are at our house and there are many lessons taking place every day (home and away), but I've never drilled on facts or even used flash cards.

If you can start learning fun and exciting, something the child really wants to find something to do with you, then as soon as possible.

Your child has many opportunities for dry lectures, tutorials, boring repetitive, and boring lessonsaging so much not to go there. If you make learning fun and more like game that works, then do not go there. Confidence that hope your child training for professionals and the best. Remember, there are many wonderful teachers out there so that no child is doomed to failure, although it can not intervene. However, the system is not a success and it is likely that at some point during the process can be negative for the child through them! I therefore take an active role in myChild's education.