Learning Task 3 Assignment #3 Reading Basic: What You Know

Learning Task 3 Assignment 3

Reading Basics: What You Know

Reading experts /educators explore and take assessments on the different ways children learn through social engagement and the environment. Take the case of Mia whose parents speak English as well as their native language and engages her reading and writing whenever they see words in the supermarket. She has Mia to identify fruits, dairy, vegetables all the things she would see at home. Mia says orange, point to it and listens to the sound. Her mom does the same. I recall using this method to teach my children when we went to supermarket shopping and continue playing these learning games with my grandchildren. It is a constructivism/critical thinking philosophy of learning. Children are learning to build phonics awareness by social connection as to the environment. This allows Mia to hear as if it was a read aloud. Hearing can be measured in other ways.  Mia has a baby brother who when mom is reading, pays close attention to the sound. Assessments can be made even with infants.  In the video, the expert uses sounds and changes the type of sound and the infants react by turning his head. The ability to hear and react is a sign that reading skills can be developed at this early stage.

An elementary teacher teaches her students how to identify the letter of an object in a box. I believe this teaching method is so holistic. Children get to move, pick an object which is not necessarily a toy but something the child can relate to. For example, a milk carton – the M i l k sound recognizing the letter M and V for vest. The children were so engaged because the game was a mystery not knowing what he or she would take out of the box, yet they could say the word and the sound. Peers can hear and this helps them build phonemes. Word games such as rhyming also build phonemic awareness.

I agree with the information in the video and would like to add that at age 3months old, we had my granddaughter to watch sensory videos on YouTube.  Sensory videos helped to develop Savanna's reading, writing, and creativity. Savanna at age 4 can write her name and knew her colors at age 2.  In addition, my granddaughter began to have a full dialogue with family members. My granddaughter also pretends to read to her dolls and enjoys singing and dancing.  To date, she does not care about watching television. Savanna’s teacher shares that she is the only student who finishes classwork quickly and she has to give her jobs to do. I told my daughter that the teacher should be differentiating her instruction to accommodate a student who was exposed to reading and sounds. Her read to her while she was pregnant. It is a proven fact child develop speech through listening to others read.