http://www.trcabc.com/resources/parents-corner/benefits-of-early-reading/ FREE Teacher Resources PLUS Quality Learning Materials at Discount Prices. Free Shipping on Orders Over $100. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.trcabc.com/resources/parents-corner/benefits-of-early-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Carol Brooke Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:31:36 +0000 http://www.trcxyz.com/?p=9#comment-497 Learning concepts about print (front of book, back of book, up to down and left to right) are all crucial concepts that can even be mastered by a toddler! Until I had my own little girl I did not realize that reading every single day makes a huge impact. We also practice the alphabet. I was a kindergarten teacher, so I have experience teaching children how to read. I was astonished recently when my 26 month old daughter pointed to a Wells Fargo sign and said "O! Mommy! O!" She loves to point to signs and she can identify the letters "o" and "e". It truly is amazing. I noticed that it also helps her to re-tell the story by doing her own picture walk. In her own baby talk (which I don't always understand). I let her turn the pages and she actually starts to say words I have not heard her say before. Letting her lead me through picture walks gives her the opportunity to expand her vocabulary. Learning concepts about print (front of book, back of book, up to down and left to right) are all crucial concepts that can even be mastered by a toddler! Until I had my own little girl I did not realize that reading every single day makes a huge impact. We also practice the alphabet. I was a kindergarten teacher, so I have experience teaching children how to read. I was astonished recently when my 26 month old daughter pointed to a Wells Fargo sign and said “O! Mommy! O!” She loves to point to signs and she can identify the letters “o” and “e”. It truly is amazing. I noticed that it also helps her to re-tell the story by doing her own picture walk. In her own baby talk (which I don’t always understand). I let her turn the pages and she actually starts to say words I have not heard her say before. Letting her lead me through picture walks gives her the opportunity to expand her vocabulary.

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