Early Reading and Writing
Supporting your child's literacy development involves various elements such as phonological awareness, fine motor skills, and language proficiency. Encouraging practice and automating skills are crucial for effortless reading and writing. However, forgetting how to read can be a challenging experience. Remember the journey from learning to drive to driving effortlessly now? Similar skills apply to reading.
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Early Reading and Writing How can you support your child as they develop their reading and writing skills?
Was that an easy task? What did you have to be able to do in order to do that? Knowledge Skills Other things?
Phonological Awareness Concepts of Print Oral Fine Motor Skills Language
It is easy if: Many different skills Co-ordinated In the right order Automated
Automated? With the person next to you: If you drive, what was it like the first time you drove a car? How is that different to now?
Possible behavioural reactions Not doing it! Only trying one or two (or not so high) Just bashing on
Automated skills Takes practice for skills to become automatic Effortless Does not use capacity Room to think about other things Suppose a child has to think effortfully about: Holding a pencil Spacing, or going from left to right Where one word ends or another begins
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Very important message: Don t read this!
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Phonological Awareness Oral Language Fine Motor Skills Concepts of Print
Rhyme Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey, Along came a spider, And sat down beside her, Scaring Miss Muffet away Phonological Awareness
Playing with your child for ten minutes a day will support the development of your child s oral language. Oral Language
Fine Motor Skills
www.readwritecount.scot Concepts of Print