Basic Reading Skills
Basic Reading Skills
Basic reading skills include language, concentration, visual processing skills, auditory processing skills (important for developing phonemic awareness), memory and reasoning. Each of these skills needs to be practiced and applied in order for a person to become a proficient reader. These skills are developed over a period of many years. It is important that a child learns these skills at an early age. Decoding is another important early skill that allows reading to become easier. Children do this by looking for a small object within a word. The easier a book is to read, the more success a child should have in decoding the words. Usually, these are three and four letter words. The goal is that as a child gets older, he or she is reading at grade level with all the basic skills having been developed at an early age.
Basic reading skills: Alarming facts
Recent statistics show that 1 in 7 American adults (32 million people) lack the basic reading skills and are considered functionally illiterate (National Center for Education Statistics of the federal Department of Education). These people cannot read a newspaper story, prescription bottle, doctor’s instructions or cooking directions. They also have trouble understanding basic sentences and paragraphs. The states with the highest illiteracy rates are New York, California and Florida. More than 20 percent of people in those states lack basic reading skills, according to 2003 figures (the latest figures available). That number is up from 15 percent from 1992. In Riverside County (Calif.), for example, the illiteracy rate of people 16 and older doubled from 1992 to 2003 from 1 in 10 people to 1 in 5.
Basic reading skills: Remedial action
Parents play a huge role in teaching their children basic reading skills, especially in the early phases of the reading process. Children who are talked to a lot during their early years grow up to be better readers. They tend to show an attraction to books and printed material at younger ages than other children. Parents should engage their children in conversations about what they like to do, places they like to go, or things to do together. Parents should also be aware of the basic skills that are being taught in school and and providing opportunities for the children to build upon those skills. These reading skills can be incorporated into activities giving the child a better basis for building reading skills in school. At LearningRx, we have the tools to help your child become a better reader. We guarantee it. Call a LearningRx Center near you or check us out at www.learningrx.com.
Basic reading skills include language, concentration, visual processing skills, auditory processing skills (important for developing phonemic awareness), memory and reasoning. Each of these skills needs to be practiced and applied in order for a person to become a proficient reader. These skills are developed over a period of many years. It is important that a child learns these skills at an early age. Decoding is another important early skill that allows reading to become easier. Children do this by looking for a small object within a word. The easier a book is to read, the more success a child should have in decoding the words. Usually, these are three and four letter words. The goal is that as a child gets older, he or she is reading at grade level with all the basic skills having been developed at an early age.
Basic reading skills: Alarming facts
Recent statistics show that 1 in 7 American adults (32 million people) lack the basic reading skills and are considered functionally illiterate (National Center for Education Statistics of the federal Department of Education). These people cannot read a newspaper story, prescription bottle, doctor’s instructions or cooking directions. They also have trouble understanding basic sentences and paragraphs. The states with the highest illiteracy rates are New York, California and Florida. More than 20 percent of people in those states lack basic reading skills, according to 2003 figures (the latest figures available). That number is up from 15 percent from 1992. In Riverside County (Calif.), for example, the illiteracy rate of people 16 and older doubled from 1992 to 2003 from 1 in 10 people to 1 in 5.
Basic reading skills: Remedial action
Parents play a huge role in teaching their children basic reading skills, especially in the early phases of the reading process. Children who are talked to a lot during their early years grow up to be better readers. They tend to show an attraction to books and printed material at younger ages than other children. Parents should engage their children in conversations about what they like to do, places they like to go, or things to do together. Parents should also be aware of the basic skills that are being taught in school and and providing opportunities for the children to build upon those skills. These reading skills can be incorporated into activities giving the child a better basis for building reading skills in school. At LearningRx, we have the tools to help your child become a better reader. We guarantee it. Call a LearningRx Center near you or check us out at www.learningrx.com.
