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Teach a child how to read early; Did you know that 38 % of grade four students have reading capabilities below the lowest basic level as determined by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)? The NAEP is the only ongoing survey of what students know and tracks their performance in different academic subjects for the United States. In their report, the NAEP found that 38 % of grade four students had reading achievement below basic levels, with a basic level reading score being 208. To put things in perspective, the US reading scale has an upper limit score of 500, with average reading scores for grade 4 (217), grade 8 (264), and grade 12 (291). The grade 4 reading achievement levels are categorized by the NAEP as Advanced (268 score), Proficient (238 score), and Basic (208 score). Unfortunately, over a third of all grade four students read at levels even below basic. Is your child having reading difficulties? Research on Phonemic Awareness have found that early reading helps improves a child's reading and spelling abilities. In fact, the National Reading Panel has concluded based on their huge review of over 1,900 studies that teaching phonics and phonemic awareness creates greater reading results than whole language programs. It is clear that early language and reading ability development passes great benefits to the child as they progress through school at all grades, and that early language and reading problems can lead to learning problems later on in school. A Swedish study found that children with a history of reading problems at school score significantly below average on reading in grade 4. Children that show very low interest in books and story reading before age 5 also scored similarly low on sentence reading in grade 4. How early? Good question! There's no set guideline on when you should start teaching your children to read; however, you can start cultivating your child's love for books and reading as soon as they're born. You'll find that they'll start picking up books and pretend to read themselves, although at very early ages, they still can not read. People typically think that kindergarten or grade one would be an appropriate time for their children to start reading; however, this is not the most effective approach as studies have repeatedly found that children with good phonemic awareness before entering kindergarten continue to outperform, and achieve exceptional reading and spelling abilities as they progress through school. On the other hand, children who enter school with reading difficulties may continue to have reading and spelling problems. Whether you're a parent or not,"teach a child how to read early". Richmond Blog Beast
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