bibibi.ccLoading…
The author shares a family experience in which the child gradually learned to read through listening and reading, retelling, and independently turning pages.
We didn't teach our kids to read. We read to them. Then they'd "read" to themselves by repeating memorized words and phrases while paging through a book. Sometimes they'd make stuff up. Wonderful! Eventually, they'd read, to themselves and siblings. Sometimes they'd delay because
The author says they did not directly teach the child to read; instead, they read books to the child.
The child once “read” while turning pages by repeating words and phrases remembered through repetition.
The child sometimes made up content, and later read alone or to their siblings.
The original text is interrupted at “Sometimes they'd delay because”.
The following is analysis, separate from reported facts. Verify important claims independently.
This passage describes a family reading experience: the child first listened to an adult read, then imitated reading by repeating remembered words and phrases, and gradually became able to read independently.
It presents one personal case of progressing from shared reading to independent reading, but it cannot establish that this approach works for all children.
Beginners can understand it as a personal account of parent-child shared reading and early reading development.
Loading event timeline…
This term is not in the glossary yet. Browse related concepts in the glossary.
View glossary →This term is not in the glossary yet. Browse related concepts in the glossary.
View glossary →