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Childhood MattersChildhood Matters: Early Childhood Literacy - August 29, 2004 (August 29, 2004)

Did you know that you could get your children on the road to reading simply by reading aloud to them every day? Tune in as Rona and her guests discuss wonderful ways to help your child fall in love with learning. Guests: Janell Flores, Director of San Francisco's Raising a Reader program, and Hildegarde Ayer, Executive Director of the Lee Pesky Learning Center and co-author of the new book Every Child Ready to Read.


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Date: 2004-08-29 00:00:00

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Reviewer: flo123 - - October 10, 2005
Subject: Early Childhood Literacy
Long before a baby babbles or says a first word she is beginning to develop skills necessary to learn how to talk and read. Reading to a young child, even before a baby can hold a book, creates an appreciation for what books offer.

Parents are the most important influences on whether their child ultimately becomes a life long reader. By encouraging the children, ensuring that they have a library card, making trips to the library, talking about books theyre reading and offering their attention to this very important act, they are showing the child that reading is important. The ability to read fluently, and interpret text is one of the most important skills the child will ever develop.
At our school we have PACT Family Literacy Education brings parents and their preschool children together within a learning environment. It is Intensive, integrative components designed to improve the economic opportunities of the children by helping children reach their potential as learners, providing literacy skills for their parents and helping parents become full partners in the education of their children.

Reviewer: tmore - - October 9, 2005
Subject: Early Childhood Literacy
I enjoyed the radio broadcast. I loved reading while I was growing up. I believe and agree that children should read and read out loud sometimes. I grew up during the time that each child had to read individually in the classroom. We had to do our reading assignment that night because we knew the teacher was going to call each child to read. We learned to reaad with Sally, Dick and Jane. Sally, Dick, and jane was far from being boring. Each story was exciting. I still vividly remember the red wagon and dog. I loved reading and I could not wait to get to the next story. It is never too early to introduce reading to a child. I feel that mother's shoul read to babies while they are in the womb. It is good to practice reading early. I liked the suggestion of sending books home. It is important for parents to read to their child every night. Parents should also support and encourage older children to read. A trip to the library is a wonderful adventure for children. Tmore

Reviewer: Pawmew - - October 7, 2005
Subject: Early Childhood Literacy August 29th 2004
Hello
After listening to this show, recall my encounter with literacy as a child. For some unknown reason there was someone always available to read to me and my brothers. I think the read question may have been whether we wanted someone to read to us because reading was not always a fund activity. I also think the materials being read had impact on us also. In other words we learned to love reading and reading learned to love us. In other words we eventually were privileged to have reading materials that were of interest to us. So I certainly believe that reading aloud to a child is of utmost importance and that it certainly helps to cultivate literacy in young children. I agree that keeping literacy materials before children is a great type of encounter for children. I also think of my own child --- she was always faced with the daily encounter of seeing and engaing in literacy activities ---- and as a result she is a great reader as well as a great writer.

Reviewer: Grace Nwosu - - September 9, 2005
Subject: The Usefulness of the Program to Parents From Diverse Backgrounds
The program encourages parents of diverse backgrounds to read to their children through these ways:
Having a routine of sharing books with their children either by borrowing from the public library or from the books children come home with from school on a weekly basis.
Reading to their children from the time they are bound to get them into the routine of hearing the English alphabet, letters and sounds mentioned and again develop the habit and desire to read. For early ages, nursery rhymes are very good. This also helps the children to learn about their environment or world. Parents should endeavor to read often thereby modeling the reading skills to their children. This will reduce time will spend in front of the T.V. Every outing, such as the grocery store, restaurant, etc. should be an avenue to teach children how to read. Children should be encouraged to read any thing of their interest, such as Spiderman, batman, Clifford, and Arthur. This will definitely enhance their reading skills. Parents should not impose their choices on them. Children should be given an opportunity to ask questions during any time of the story reading. An adult should also use questioning to get from children their feelings, ideas and perspective of what has been read. This method will help to get the children interested in reading.
Reading could be done in the car, at the park, or outside their home. Any opportunity an adult has should be used to teach our young children how to read. Game playing and songs are wonderful way to enhance young children's literacy skills. Songs are wonderful tools that will catch the interest of preschool children quicker than any other means. Songs and games get them into the mood to learn alphabet, colors shapes, and anything in life. When children sing and play, adults should use this media to impact literacy skills into them. So children could be taught to love reading and enrich their future literacy skills. Parents should make reading a part of their family routines. When this happens, children will overcome their literary difficulties in higher classes or grades. Parents have to consider or respect their children's attention span to avoid their loosing interest during reading times.