If you do this right, your children will be able to easily recognize words when reading picture books.

Three years ago, when Xiaopai was about 5 years old, we went on a self-driving trip to Shenzhen. The drive of more than an hour was very boring. Along the way, Xiao Pai read the road signs and signs on the highway, \”The next exit is 5 kilometers away, ** service area\”, even the words in some place names that I rarely encounter. , she read it all, and the whole family was very happy. Before that, I had been reading to her, and I didn’t realize that she already knew so many words. At that moment, it was a bit unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it was actually expected. The time has finally come for quantitative changes to qualitative changes. I no longer have to worry about whether I should teach her to read before going to elementary school. After I came back, I intentionally or unintentionally asked her to read to me, from picture books with few words to bridge books. Slowly, by the time she was 6 years and 8 months old in elementary school, reading by herself was already commonplace. Of course, she I am also happy to continue reading to her when she wants to listen to me. From when I started reading with my children when I was less than 1 year old, to when I was five or six years old, I suddenly learned a lot of words. What exactly did I go through during this period? Many mothers said that I have been reading to their children for several years, but they still cannot read. The biggest difference may be that I use \”finger reading\”. The so-called finger reading means that during the reading process, you use your fingers to move along with the text and read while pointing. Regarding finger reading, there is actually a lot of controversy among people. Some people think that adding finger reading to relaxed and enjoyable parent-child reading is a disgrace, while some people think that finger reading is very effective without affecting the interest in reading. If used well, it will increase the fun of reading. , it is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Based on my own experience, combined with the results of conversations with several mothers, the key to whether the reading is good or not depends on how you use it. Seven or eight years ago, I accidentally read the book \”A Good Mother is Better than a Good Teacher\”. In the book, teacher Yin Jianli mentioned that she used finger reading to read to her daughter Yuanyuan. The child not only enjoyed reading, but also easily passed the reading. I didn\’t understand the word barrier, so I followed suit and started reading with a small pad using the finger-reading method. As I read, I pointed to the words in the book, \”The hen Rose went out for a walk. She walked across the yard and around the pond.\” Sometimes the little person just sat in my arms and listened to me reading, and sometimes she would also point. Show me the animals or characters in the book, or talk about foxes, ducks, etc. Xiaopai\’s language develops very quickly. At about 1 and a half years old, he can communicate with us in basic daily language without any problem. I have been reading like this for nearly a year, when Xiaopai was about 2 years old. One day, I was cutting fruit in the kitchen, and suddenly I heard the little guy on the crawling mat in the living room seemed to be reading. I got out of the kitchen and saw Xiao Pai holding his favorite book \”The Taste of the Moon\”, with one hand like mine, pointing at the words in the book while reading, \”It bit off a small piece of the moon and felt smells good\”. What surprised me even more was that she read the book almost word for word, and her tone was exactly the same as mine. It was so cute. After listening to her reading, I took out some fruit from the kitchen to share with her. , and praised her greatly. Later, a mother came to my house with her child and was surprised to see her reading. She thought she could read at such a young age. In fact,She didn\’t know a word of Chinese characters, so she was just parroting my words and imitating my words and movements. In fact, when I first started pointing out, I didn’t point out exactly word for word. On the one hand, this is too rigid, and on the other hand, the reading speed is too fast. If the speaking speed is naturally slowed down by word for word, it will not read smoothly. It’s okay if it’s a short sentence, but if you encounter a page with several lines of words, if you read it like this, not only will your child not be able to stand it, but you will also find it very boring. When we read, we naturally follow the meaning group or refer to it in one sentence. Some people may ask, if you point it like this, the pronunciation and the characters may not match up, which is not helpful for word recognition. In fact, in a child\’s earliest finger-reading experience, there is no direct relationship between finger-reading and word recognition. Point reading is to let the children realize that the good stories told by their mothers are derived from these words. The words are interesting, so that the children will have a good impression of the \”words\”. Every mother who reads picture books with her children will find that children are naturally more sensitive and interested in pictures. Some details in the pictures that we have not noticed can not escape the children\’s eyes. When many children read the book \”Madeline\”, they found that there were 12 little girls in the book, but the artist only painted 11 of them. As for words, if we don’t point to them intentionally, children will not take the initiative to read them. So why do some children hate finger reading? Some children who are three or four years old did not read by pointing in the early stage. Suddenly one day, their mother starts to read by pointing. He will be very uncomfortable and feel that his mother\’s fingers are pointing back and forth, which interferes with his reading, especially if it blocks him when pointing. Looking at the picture, the child becomes even more unhappy. When Xiaopai and I read, we don’t read every book or every page. Some words are typed together with pictures. If pointing at the words will inevitably affect the view of the pictures, then it doesn’t matter if you don’t point at them. In fact, finger reading is not as rigorous a matter as math problems. Just do it naturally and easily. If it becomes a pressure during reading, don\’t do it. For children, vivid and interesting pictures, humorous characters, and details hidden in the pictures are what interest them most. Many of the pictures in classic picture books were created by everyone. Reading picture books is also an opportunity for children to have an artistic dialogue with the masters. The beauty of picture books is all in the pictures. If the child ignores the picture because of pointing reading, of course it is neglecting the important part and chasing the last part. In the final analysis, finger reading serves word recognition, and word recognition serves reading. Reading happily and tastefully are the most important things. I saw some research saying that in fact, children only become aware of word recognition when they are around 4 years old, so there is no need to point to reading before the age of 4. However, if there is no finger reading when reading from the age of 2, and it is suddenly added at the age of 4, not every child is willing to accept it. I think that finger reading should be added from the beginning, just like turning a page. Very natural thing. Some mothers said that even though they have been reading for two or three years, their children don’t know a few words. I started finger reading when I was about 1 year old, and it took more than 4 years until I suddenly knew a lot of words when I was about 5 years old. Some children may take longer. In fact, in the process of parent-child reading, word recognition is just an accessory. Able to read easily withoutIt is of course the best to use word cards in a rigid manner. It doesn\’t matter if you don\’t recognize the words quickly. There is a saying, \”The flowers planted intentionally will not bloom, but the willows planted unintentionally will form shade.\” When Xiaopai was about 6 years old, and she gradually learned to read on her own, I gradually stopped reading by pointing. This process was also done very casually. I don’t remember which book I stopped reading while pointing, and the child didn’t mention it, just like I didn’t notice when she started reading silently by herself, pointing. Reading thus exits our reading life. Some mothers think that learning Chinese characters early will limit their children\’s imagination, or they think it doesn\’t matter whether they know Chinese characters sooner or later. Anyway, by the third grade of elementary school, everyone can recognize them. There are different opinions on whether it is good to recognize words early. However, the children I have seen who recognize words early and start reading by themselves at the age of five or six are relatively precocious. Because with the support of reading, these children\’s thinking and understanding Their abilities are stronger than those of children of the same age. And I don’t agree with the view that everyone’s literacy is about the same after elementary school. Knowing the same number of words does not mean that their reading and thinking abilities are at the same starting point. Just like when we adults are compared with our colleagues around us, our literacy is about the same, but when we read the same book, what we understand and absorb may be vastly different. And for our children, the natives of electronic products, it is particularly important to enter independent reading as soon as possible. If you think about it, it is obviously impossible to keep them out of contact, but compared with the same two five- and six-year-old children – for a child who has read a lot at an early age and has discovered the joy of reading, even if he likes to play Games, at least in the early stages of life, and books are his loyal companions. He was fascinated by the game for a while, but looking back, he would still find time to read books, because his interest in books has been engraved in his life. And if a five- or six-year-old child who has not yet entered reading is suddenly attracted by electronic products and the strange sounds and pictures, how can we expect him to suddenly fall in love with reading? Because books are static, it is difficult to build interest if you are not immersed in them and calm down. Of course, every child is different, and I can’t say for sure that finger reading will work for all children. If you are willing to give it a try, you can refer to it. If you have better experience, please feel free to keep it. Because reading is not necessary, but reading is. It means that reading is a small skill, but reading is a big skill. The sound of reading is the bright world for children. Hold your child\’s hand and travel to the land of stories together.