yup, i had phonics classes and learned to read in the first grade... but that was 1961My daughter was reading at a 3rd grade level in kindergarten.
Reading is the parents’ responsibility. Get them into reading those colorful books at the library when they’re 4, and they’ll be passing AP exams in 12 years.
I can attest first hand that public schools DO NOT accept responsibility for doing a horrible job. Nationally they have spent 2 generations softening up parents to their obvious flim flam. And here’s the secret: use the parents’ concerns against them to game the system, dropping fed and state $ down to the school.
Parents are left in the dark, satisfied with their children’s grades, As Bs and Cs... only to find them taking “remedial” courses in college. Those are high school courses, sometimes even grade school courses.... which you pay for at University Dollars. This is free $ to colleges, it delays the students’ momentum at full tuition while the college teaches then how to write in a paragraph or basic math... which they should already know. Higher Learning plays along with the scam, not busting lower grades schools.
It is completely rigged against We The People.
If kids learn too early people might get the idea that 12 years of government brainwashing are unnecessary
yup, i had phonics classes and learned to read in the first grade... but that was 1961I recall having to go to a seminar once in the field of developmental disabilities. One of the speakers discussed multiple intelligences and you had to take an assessment to see what kind of learner you were. It was confusing and pedantic offering nothing in the way of real educational insight. In the field of public education there are always the current gurus whose philosophies hold sway for that moment in time. Well manicured men and women rake in big bucks to hawk the latest educational brainstorm to a gullible audience. These people despise the traditional method of learning and actively work against the traditional and time tested methods of teaching. There is a pattern to learning within the stages of growth: A grammar stage where memorization and recitation are important, a logic stage where the beginnings of reasoning build on the basics already learned, and the old fashioned rhetorical stage where the basics and the logic join together to form a cohesive ability to argue and defend positions. Now that is an education!
The edition I had, some 20 years ago, had a lesson for teaching children their alphabet. (not sure if it's still in the current editions) It was a brilliant method. They do not memorize the alphabet in order, so they were able to recognize the letters in a stand-alone manner. My 2 yr. old daughter learned her alphabet while my 4 year old son learned to read.
My kids are both excellent readers and have excellent language skills.
I am a teacher, but anyone can teach reading using this method. Basically, if you can turn a page, you can teach your child to read. I think the book is only around 25 bucks. Well worth the investment.
http://www.alpha-phonics.com/
I know the ridiculous and ineffective Whole Language technique has to be part of this, as well.
Reading readiness?
What a load.
This is directly in conflict with current understandings in developmental psychology, for instance the discoveries of Piaget, who showed that not only does learning develop in stages, but also that for optimal results, those stages should occur at certain chronological ages.
In other words, if you don’t use it (or learn it), you lose it!