What is the \”best\” age for children to learn to read? Not 3 years old or 4 years old, but this age

A four-year-old girl named Xu Song appeared on the CCTV stage and said calmly in front of the camera: \”I know astronomy and geography.\” Its provincial capital city. The host was amazed that the child answered all the questions correctly in one breath, and also admired her for being able to recognize all the words. In response, the child said that he already knew two thousand words. \”Chicken baby\” education was popular. In our era, most two-year-old children were still sitting on the ground, playing with mud and counting on their fingers. But now, it is no longer a new thing for a child to be able to read a thousand words at the age of two. Mother Xu Shan said that her daughter, now six years old, has only recognized more than 200 words in half a year. Various literacy apps, graded readings like \”Little Sheep Goes Up the Mountain\”, \”Quick Reading for Four and Five\”, etc. are taking turns. But a few days ago, Xu Shan was still angry because she had taught her children to \”tell\” dozens of times, but they still couldn\’t remember it. . She didn\’t know why, but her child\’s memory sometimes couldn\’t be maintained for even a few seconds. Xu Shan consulted many mothers for advice on their children\’s literacy problems. But other people\’s children can learn to read without pain, but my own children have not even experienced the sensitive period of literacy. All mothers have told Xu Shan to learn to persevere, but no one can give good advice for situations like this with their own children. Xu Shan has been doing psychological construction for herself every day in the past few days. During the day, she comforts herself not to be anxious about this matter, and at night, she suppresses her anger and teaches her child how to read. This caused her gastroenteritis to become more serious, and she didn\’t know when such days would end. A mother suggested that Xu Shan could label all the large and small items in the house with corresponding names, so that the children can recognize the words subtly. Another mother, Li Lan, asked whether her child was slow to recognize words and had poor memory because he learned to read too late. When her children were one year old, she used \”The Thousand-Character Classic\” to teach them how to read and write. Now, the children are no longer under pressure when they are young. But Xu Shan said that she has taught her children how to read since they were two years old. But at that time, others said that teaching children to read too early would limit their imagination and creativity, so Xu Shan gave up the idea of ​​teaching children to read early. However, there is no definite data to support the statement that early literacy affects children\’s imagination. Many children who have early literacy also have rich imaginations. However, while young children become literate early, mothers also pursue literacy too early, which is a meaningless approach. Because, for children who have just been able to speak, even if they can correctly pronounce the content of many word cards, this is only a graphic memory, and they only remember the pronunciation of the graphic. 01 You can’t imagine the harm of early literacy to children, so don’t ignore it. As a parent, I found that many parents are complacent because their children have learned many characters early, but in fact they don’t know that a lot of damage has already been done, but it has not completely exploded. That’s all. Harm 1: Hindering children’s brain development Children at a young age should be carefree, but in order to enjoy the sense of achievement of their children, parents let their children choose to learn by rote at the age of 1. You must know that words are abstract symbols. Relying on words too early for learning may limit children\’s imagination.And creativity, the brain\’s thinking will also be restricted, thus affecting the child\’s brain development. Harm 2: Depriving children of fun Children are always curious about the world and like to perceive and understand everything around them through touching, tasting, observing and other methods. Emphasizing literacy too early may cause children to miss the opportunity to have close contact with the natural environment and reduce their enjoyment of learning through direct experience. Moreover, exposing children to complex texts too early will make them feel stressed, not only from learning, but also from parents’ expectations. Although children do increase their literacy in the short term and appear to be very smart, when children actually go to school, they may lose interest in learning and even affect their mental health. Hazard 3: Destroying the parent-child relationship and making children literate too early is like suppressing the child in a cage. I believe that the child is very resistant in the process of literacy. Literacy is not the child\’s original intention, but because his own strength is too small, he cannot resist. Parents, they had no choice but to obey. In addition, some parents are too strict and eager for success in their children\’s literacy process, which makes their children feel scared and disgusted. Over time, cracks appear in the parent-child relationship. A good parent-child relationship is an important cornerstone for children\’s healthy growth. If there is a problem in the parent-child relationship, it will only escalate the conflict in the future and eventually lead to an unmanageable mess. 02At what age is the best age for children to start recognizing words? Not 3 years old, not 4 years old, but this age. In fact, there is nothing wrong with mothers wanting to lay the foundation for their children from an early age, but letting children become literate too early will do more harm than good to them. Some say the \”best\” age for children to become literate is three or four. However, some educators have found that children\’s interest in words increases significantly when they are around 5 years old, and they enter a sensitive period for literacy. At this time, language learning is most effective and literacy is fast. Therefore, the \”best\” literacy age for young children is around five years old, not the three or four years we often say. Of course, since each child\’s development situation is different, the sensitive period of literacy may also be different. For example, some children appear earlier at around 4 years old, while some children develop it later, perhaps around 5 years old. In addition, I would also like to say that even if children can learn to read early, it needs to be based on the child\’s development stage. Especially in the process of character recognition, many parents adopt a cramming method of character recognition. Otherwise, their children will learn today and forget tomorrow, with little effect. Therefore, it is also important to choose the right method to read words, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. The following three methods can help your children to read words painlessly and increase their literacy skills. 03 Sharing literacy tricks that are painless and cost-effective for children can greatly increase their children\’s literacy. Parents can learn from ◎The most effective and low-cost education method for daily literacy, which is how we integrate educational goals into every aspect of life. Words are everywhere in life, and teaching children how to read them can be done at any time. Recognizing words in daily life can not only increase children\’s interest in learning, but also make word recognition interesting, so that children will no longer resist word recognition. Whether we go out to eat or play, as long as parents are willing, any scene can become a daily literacy class. For example, when we go to the supermarket, we can teach our children to read the supermarket leaflets.You can also teach your children the words on the packaging bags of snacks they like to eat. When we go shopping, we can teach our children the words on street signs and the words on trash cans. If a child has the desire to recognize words, no matter how old the child is, as long as the words appear in the child\’s field of vision, we can read them aloud and read them at will, so that they can often \”face to face\” with these words. Over time, children and words become \”familiar\”. In fact, there is no essential difference between a child\’s recognition of words and his recognition of people and objects. The more he sees it, the more he will naturally remember it. ◎Literacy games Literacy can be full of fun. However, our usual education methods are relatively boring. Even if children remember certain words for a short time, they will forget them as time goes by. Catchy children\’s songs are liked and easily accepted by babies, so we can first teach the baby to sing the children\’s songs he likes to listen to. Wait until the baby is familiar with the entire children\’s song, then teach them the Chinese characters in the song. In the future, while the baby is humming songs, it will also be another moment to deepen the impression of words. In addition, we can also make many magnetic flashcards with pictures and texts, or make magnetic flashcards that children are already learning. We scatter these cards on the ground or on the table and let the children use the fishing rod to catch the words we read to the children. Especially when there are many children at home, adults can also organize a \”fishing competition\” for the children to see who knows more words and who catches more fish. ◎Parent-child reading I believe that many parents will read picture books with their children and teach their children to read while reading. When reading with their children, some parents may point to the words on the book with their fingers, read to their children word by word, and even ask their children to read them again. In fact, this literacy method will be a bit boring and boring for younger children, and it will also affect the children\’s ability to establish normal vocabulary and semantic understanding. Therefore, when we do parent-child reading, we can use finger reading, but try to maintain a standard, clear and normal speaking tone, rather than word for word. In addition, when reading picture books, some children will focus all their attention on the illustrations and ignore the text content. At this time, we do not need to force the child\’s attention to the text, but can use pictures to arouse the child\’s interest in reading and their liking for picture books. 04 Writing in the final stage of literacy is more tiring for parents. It requires more time, energy and patience from us. At this time, we should not pursue the goal of how many new words the children can learn every day, nor should we care about whether the children keep the newly learned words in mind, as long as they maintain a normal mind and let nature take its course. We believe that through parent-child reading and interesting learning, we will be able to enlighten children in literacy and help them gain more literacy skills.