READING TO THE CHILD
and early primary
the better type,
It is advisable for parents to read to their children at preschool and
magazines, and
levels. When they rea
n they read to a child from story books, comic strips of th
He also comes to
black and white
and children's magazines, he beco
s magazines, he becomes aware that books, magazines
newspapers hold something of interest and amusement for him. He also co
n one knows how to
realize that this "something" which he enjoys is tightly locked within black and
can leap into
symbols, and that these symbols can be unlocked only when one knows how
read. This awareness and interest form a springboard from which he can leap
learning to read in school, and into the voluntary reading of self-selected books
Parents, however, should not continue reading to their child year after year as h
passes through the elementary grades. If the child can only get his reading plea.
through his parents' efforts, he may not have much incentive for doing the reading
himself. Parents should decrease their reading to the child as he learns to read an
put him on his own as soon as possible.
(From Reading Instructions for Today's Children by Nila Banton ami
EXERCISE 1:
Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
a) cartoon stories
b) entertainment
c) strictly, securely.
d) released...
e) state of being conscious
f) create; constitute. ...
g) a launch towards a higher level.
h) jump
i) willing

j) chosen on one's own...
k) advance; proceed (phrasal verb).
1) motive.
m) by himself (phrase)..
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