How do I know if my child is ready to learn to read? Is three too young? Is six too late? I tortured myself over this with my first and have since learned ways to watch an individual child to see if they can handle learning to read. I would like to share a little trick that I came across a few years ago. It really seems to hold true, so here it is.
Does your child draw people in their pictures? If they do, what do the people look like? Are they big circles with a face? Do they have arms and legs? Being able to draw a person and put the parts in the right place seems to match up with the brain’s ability to put letters together to form words. Let me show you what I mean.
Are you excited about teaching your children, but feel you need a bit of hand holding? I feel very confident putting you safely in the hands of the Elliotts at Homeschooling Torah. Along with their Torah based curriculum, they offer lots of support for things like teaching reading.
Very interesting. I never thought to link my child's drawing ability to reading readiness. I know my four year old does not like to write, unless she can use a dry erase marker. She colors in the lines and she knows her letter sounds. She can put together three letter cvc words, though I would not say it is a favorite activity. Her drawings are still somewhere between your person 1 and 2 descriptions. Wonder if she'll have more interest in reading/writing in the next several months as her drawing improves? Thanks for the tip!
Can I link back to your blog? I had Arin draw a person and wanted to link back to this post. Thanks!
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