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Help your children learn to read

How children learn to read

To some it comes naturally, to others it's a struggle!

All children are different, especially when it comes to growing and learning. Children will learn different things in different ways and at different rates. Learning to read is no exception, but there are lots of things that you, as a parent or carer, can do to help.
Most children are fluent speakers by the age of three. In fact talking, and listening to others talk, is the starting point for learning to read. Young children learn to make connections between spoken words and objects, spoken words and objects, and eventually between spoken words and written words. Talking, playing, singing and being read to all help to develop children’s early literacy skills.

When children are taught to read, they learn a range of key skills to help them. They also need to develop comprehension skills to help them understand what they are reading.

 

 
Young children with teacher