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Billy is sitting on the bellybutton
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At this stage you are still presenting this material to him. You are
while. If all goes well, then reduce your print size to 7/8".
reading the sentences or books aloud to him. Depending on his age,
The important rule to observe in this process is never to reduce print
language ability, or personality, he may be actually saying some words
size and increase the number of words at the same time.
aloud spontaneously or reading whole sentences aloud. If he does this
First reduce print size slightly and live with it for a while, then
spontaneously that is fine. However you should not ask him to read
increase the number of words.
aloud to you. We will discuss this point at length later in the next
Do both of these things gradually. Remember, the sentence cannot be
chapter.
too big or too clear, but it could be too small or too confusing. You
As you go from four-word sentences to five-word sentences and
never want to rush this process.
longer you will no doubt begin to run out of space on the 4" by 24"
If you do reduce the print size too quickly or increase the number of
cards or 8" by 18" books. Now by evolution you are going to do three
words too fast you will notice your child's attention and interest
things.
dropping. He might begin to look away from the printed matter
altogether and simply look at you because the card or page is visually
1. Reduce the print size;
too complex for him. If this should occur, simply return to the print
2. Increase the number of words;
size or number of words you were using right before this happened and
3. Change the print from red to black.
his enthusiasm will return. Stay at this level for a good while longer
before attempting to change things again.
Begin by reducing print size a little bit. You do not want to reduce it
You do not really need to change the size or color of single words. In
so much that your child has the slightest difficulty with it. Try 1" print.
fact we have found that keeping single words large is easier for both
Use this for several weeks. If this does not appear to be a problem, then
mother and child.
you are ready to increase the number of words. If you have been using
However, when you are making books with one inch letters or six
five-word sentences, now go to six-word sentences. However, leave the
words or more on a page,
print size at 1" Now continue with six-word sentences for a
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read 257
we recommend changing from red to black print. As words get
taught him to read, you have actually been growing his visual
smaller, black does provide. better contrast and a more legible page.
pathway, exactly as exercise grows the biceps.
Now the stage has been set for the final and most exciting step of
In the event you are reducing the print size too quickly and therefore
all the book. We have already gotten our foot solidly in the door by
presenting print that your child is not yet capable of reading easily, you
creating many little couplet books, phrase books, and sentence books,
will have a clear indication of what print size is easy and comfortable
but if these steps are the skeleton, it is the next one that is the meat.
for your child from doing the third and fourth steps of your program.
The path has been cleared, so let's get to it.
Since the words he is using are exactly the same words but differ
only in the fact that they become smaller with each step, you can now
see quite clearly if a child is learning faster than his visual pathway is
STEP FIVE (Books)
able to mature.
As an example, suppose that a child completes the third and fourth
Now your child is ready to read a real and proper book. In fact he has
steps successfully with 2" words but has difficulty in reading the
already read many homemade books and completed all the single
identical words in the book itself. The answer is simple. The words are
words, couplets, and phrases that he will find in his first book.
too small. We know that the child can read 2" words easily. Now the
The careful preparation that has gone before is the key to his success
parent simply prepares additional words and simple sentences 2" in
in his first book and indeed for many books to come.
height. Use simple, imaginative words and sentences that the child will
His ability to handle very large-print single words, couplets, phrases
enjoy reading. After two months of this, return again to the book with
and sentences has been established. But now he must be able to handle
its smaller print.
smaller print and a greater number of words on each page.
Remember that if the print were made too small you would also have
The younger a child is, the more challenging this step will be.
trouble reading it.
Remember that as you have
If the child is three years of age by the time you get to the 7/8" print
of the book itself, you
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will probably not be held up at all at this point. If the child is less
1. Enough, Inigo, Enough;
than two years old by the time you get to the book, it is almost certain
2. Inigo McKenzie, The Contrary Man;
that you will need to obtain or create additional books with 1" or 2"
3. You Can't Stay a Baby Forever;
print for the child. Fine; it is all reading, and real reading at that. It will
4. NOSE Is Not TOES.
mature his brain growth far more than would otherwise be the case.
However, one or two books will hardly be enough to keep your eager
The parent will now need to procure the book which he will teach his
young reader fed and happy you will need many. Therefore, the
child to read. Find a book which contains vocabulary that you have
simplest means of providing your child with proper books at this stage
already taught as single words, couplets and phrases. The choice of the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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Billy is sitting on the bellybutton
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read 255
At this stage you are still presenting this material to him. You are
while. If all goes well, then reduce your print size to 7/8".
reading the sentences or books aloud to him. Depending on his age,
The important rule to observe in this process is never to reduce print
language ability, or personality, he may be actually saying some words
size and increase the number of words at the same time.
aloud spontaneously or reading whole sentences aloud. If he does this
First reduce print size slightly and live with it for a while, then
spontaneously that is fine. However you should not ask him to read
increase the number of words.
aloud to you. We will discuss this point at length later in the next
Do both of these things gradually. Remember, the sentence cannot be
chapter.
too big or too clear, but it could be too small or too confusing. You
As you go from four-word sentences to five-word sentences and
never want to rush this process.
longer you will no doubt begin to run out of space on the 4" by 24"
If you do reduce the print size too quickly or increase the number of
cards or 8" by 18" books. Now by evolution you are going to do three
words too fast you will notice your child's attention and interest
things.
dropping. He might begin to look away from the printed matter
altogether and simply look at you because the card or page is visually
1. Reduce the print size;
too complex for him. If this should occur, simply return to the print
2. Increase the number of words;
size or number of words you were using right before this happened and
3. Change the print from red to black.
his enthusiasm will return. Stay at this level for a good while longer
before attempting to change things again.
Begin by reducing print size a little bit. You do not want to reduce it
You do not really need to change the size or color of single words. In
so much that your child has the slightest difficulty with it. Try 1" print.
fact we have found that keeping single words large is easier for both
Use this for several weeks. If this does not appear to be a problem, then
mother and child.
you are ready to increase the number of words. If you have been using
However, when you are making books with one inch letters or six
five-word sentences, now go to six-word sentences. However, leave the
words or more on a page,
print size at 1" Now continue with six-word sentences for a
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read 257
we recommend changing from red to black print. As words get
taught him to read, you have actually been growing his visual
smaller, black does provide. better contrast and a more legible page.
pathway, exactly as exercise grows the biceps.
Now the stage has been set for the final and most exciting step of
In the event you are reducing the print size too quickly and therefore
all the book. We have already gotten our foot solidly in the door by
presenting print that your child is not yet capable of reading easily, you
creating many little couplet books, phrase books, and sentence books,
will have a clear indication of what print size is easy and comfortable
but if these steps are the skeleton, it is the next one that is the meat.
for your child from doing the third and fourth steps of your program.
The path has been cleared, so let's get to it.
Since the words he is using are exactly the same words but differ
only in the fact that they become smaller with each step, you can now
see quite clearly if a child is learning faster than his visual pathway is
STEP FIVE (Books)
able to mature.
As an example, suppose that a child completes the third and fourth
Now your child is ready to read a real and proper book. In fact he has
steps successfully with 2" words but has difficulty in reading the
already read many homemade books and completed all the single
identical words in the book itself. The answer is simple. The words are
words, couplets, and phrases that he will find in his first book.
too small. We know that the child can read 2" words easily. Now the
The careful preparation that has gone before is the key to his success
parent simply prepares additional words and simple sentences 2" in
in his first book and indeed for many books to come.
height. Use simple, imaginative words and sentences that the child will
His ability to handle very large-print single words, couplets, phrases
enjoy reading. After two months of this, return again to the book with
and sentences has been established. But now he must be able to handle
its smaller print.
smaller print and a greater number of words on each page.
Remember that if the print were made too small you would also have
The younger a child is, the more challenging this step will be.
trouble reading it.
Remember that as you have
If the child is three years of age by the time you get to the 7/8" print
of the book itself, you
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read 259
will probably not be held up at all at this point. If the child is less
1. Enough, Inigo, Enough;
than two years old by the time you get to the book, it is almost certain
2. Inigo McKenzie, The Contrary Man;
that you will need to obtain or create additional books with 1" or 2"
3. You Can't Stay a Baby Forever;
print for the child. Fine; it is all reading, and real reading at that. It will
4. NOSE Is Not TOES.
mature his brain growth far more than would otherwise be the case.
However, one or two books will hardly be enough to keep your eager
The parent will now need to procure the book which he will teach his
young reader fed and happy you will need many. Therefore, the
child to read. Find a book which contains vocabulary that you have
simplest means of providing your child with proper books at this stage
already taught as single words, couplets and phrases. The choice of the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]