Don\'t let the natural enemies of literacy into reading

In June 2004, Dr Wu Fang in lecture tours in Beijing, Shandong and proposed \"early literacy is the natural enemy of early reading\" this view. For more in-depth discussion on relationship between early literacy and early reading, the author (Mao Yunyan, hereinafter referred to as wool) on Dr Wu Fang (hereinafter referred to as Wu) conducted a thematic visit.

Wool: many parents believe that early literacy is equivalent to early reading, or as early literacy early reading of a very important goal, it is how much value is literacy and literacy of young children. You presented in lectures in the \"early literacy early is the natural enemy of reading\", this perspective on the impact of parents is very large, you could change this view to elaborate further.

Wu: I said \"early literacy is the natural enemy of early reading\" primarily to emphasize that early reading cannot confuse and early literacy, early literacy cannot be replaced. Literacy important not important? Literacy important.

But literacy in primary schools, have sufficient time to complete things, should not become the focus of the kindergarten stage child learns. Why instead of kindergartens to teach literacy in primary schools? Judging from the children\'s psychological development characteristics, said in the primary stage of primary schools is in Piaget\'s preoperational period and specific operational phase of the transition period, children more affordable abstract text symbols, then provide them with literacy can do more with less effect. While in kindergarten children to literacy effort. Why? Because the kindergarten children are not ready, do not have a large number of literacy conditions.

If we at the kindergarten stage to force children to learn literacy, children can learn? Of course, he would learn everything by rote. In the United States has some parents let their children literacy. You know, English is the spelling rules, as long as the master spelling rules, you get any words can be read.

So some kids get the Washington Post can be read, not surprised. Key problem is that once the child doesn\'t know what I read. Child literacy more, without reading comprehension is equal to zero.

In the process of forcing children of mass literacy, a more implicit and more terrible consequences are very likely thus denying the child\'s interest in reading, make children feel that reading is a painful thing. We know that no one will go to the active pursuit of pain. So if kids think reading is painful, when he had the autonomy will never choose to read.

What are the early reading? I think it is to train children to love and interest in the book, is to read books, become part of the child\'s daily life. In the United States, many parents and kindergarten as a fixed piece of reading to do.

For example United States parent, children go to bed, quilt cover, must be one of the things that children read a book, and parents a parent of children, and having children. Children brought sweet dreams in the content.

Over time, the children had developed the habit of reading habits. Once the habit is habit, if there is no book to accompany him to be very sad. Where to find books on the adult children of the Church, children would have life and live together.

Wool: Mr Wu, children do not understand a Word, what can he read? How to read?

Wu: This essentially tells of the stages of reading development in children. Before in child literacy and active reading, there are two very important stage. In both phases, children read and does not necessarily require literacy.

First stage is to let the child know books, like books. I in the United States has a friend gave birth to a son, I gave the child some small gifts, including a flannel do little book. Some people may feel confused, neonatal read how Ah?

Is actually very simple, child mothers \' made of flannel book child pillows, when children will feel he would touch the book, when children will play will play picked up this book. Have a story in the book, parents can also be read to the children.

In this way, children from an early age and living together. He is a little time, you can buy plastic for his book, take a bath when you can look at. Can also buy cardboard book to him, he can tear, gnaw, he can think what we do, important is to get children used to always have a book in their lives.

The second stage is the book to share with parents and children. Parents need to spend a lot of time to do this, because a start to give children a book, let the child himself, he cannot see what yiersanlai. But parents and kids reading together, you can give the child, let the children help turn, sometimes can ask children questions.

Some books, such as \"hungry caterpillar\" such a conversational story, parents read it over, children listen to ripe, remember. You can let your children read for parents to hear. In fact, we know that children are not in school, but the back story.

This process is important, however, children page to book, he knew the story of every page. His story \"pronounced\" after too many times, on the book he knew. Through the \"pronounced\" process children also learned of the book is a link between oral and written language.

Books to read, you can write down in his mouth said. Such natural child literacy, I do not oppose. I oppose with literacy card is read, is out of life, rote-literacy. Parents and kids reading together, there is a very important role is to give children make a demonstration. If the parents love to read, children will love reading in the subtle.

Before the independent reading of these two phases, the children don\'t know even a Word, he can still be read. Read what? Read art. Because we know that children\'s books have pictures, pictures can tell the children stories.

Also some children\'s books are wordless books, let the children looked at pictures tell their own story. My class has this

Children, particularly fond of reading books, holding a book, a page turn, his mouth mutter incarnations. But you say he \"read\" and books written on totally unrelated, but he has his own story.

He was a page, say a, just use roles to made their own story in the picture. The book finished, put down, he was satisfied. This is what a process it? Actually he wrote the book\'s beginning, he began to create their own works.

Encountered such a situation, what can parents do? Parents can record the creation of child, became a children\'s book. When the children can write their own books, he became an author, he must be more like books.

Wool: from small children is a very good habit of reading interests, habits, but some children now have four or five years old, and also did not develop good reading habits, what should I do?

Wu: reading habits can be formed anywhere, anytime. It may not have to start early, start early works best, of course, but better late than not start. And in children before puberty, window of opportunity is always open.

For children aged four or five, to let them develop a reading habit, key in the adult. Parents to give their children an example, they are reading, also often read, the pursuit of studies. Give children a book, first of all, parents to read with him, and fixed a quiet reading time each day, so as to develop children\'s reading habits. Start reading time shorter, slowly extended. To let the children like to read, the key is good picture books of interest to choose for their children.

Wu Fang, Department of preschool education major in 1982 graduated from Beijing Normal University education, in 1984 to study in the United States, access to master\'s and doctorate degree in child development and education in early childhood education, teaches at United States Howard University College of education. In her view, discovery, appreciation and respect for difference and aptitudes of children is child care teachers to give children the best gift.

Mao Yunyan, graduated from Beijing Normal University education, preschool, a master\'s degree. In recent years, participated in the Beijing \"95\" project \"early childhood development and education of subject\" and \"15\" topic \"promoting the development of child-centered education courses and teaching\" research and practice, a number of papers published. In her view, vitality, curiosity, independence, creativity is the nature of each child, so that they become the learning of young master we adults should be returned to the rights of the child.