Early Childhood Education Simi Valley Literacy: Knowledge about Books

Early Childhood Education Simi Valley should prepare your child for kindergarten through knowledge about books.

Reading is the gateway to the world of knowledge and the gateway to reading is emergent literacy. In the preschool years, children will learn an amazing number of literacy skills from you, their parents, if you read to them from books, magazines, newspapers, or other printed material. This is the beginning of a long journey which will be much easier if you help build a good foundation for reading during Early Childhood Education Simi Valley years.

Books impart information: the fields of math, science, medicine, psychology, history, you name it, are learned through reading books. Even a car mechanic should know how to read the technical manuals for the cars he or she services. Books tell stories: fiction or non-fiction, comedy or drama, this is one way to learn about the world around us, what happened before and what might be in store for the future.

By the time your child starts kindergarten, he or she should be able to:

—  “understand how print is organized and read;

—  hold print materials in the correct position;

—  identify the front cover, back page, and title page of a book;

—  follow words from left to right and from top to bottom of a printed page.”

You can help this process by:

—  Going to the library often;

—  Reading lots of books;

—  Pointing to each word as you read;

—  Starting with an unopened book and reading every page;

—  Explaining the big words as you read;

—  Asking questions like: “What do you think that word means?” “What do you think will happen next?”….;

—  Talking about the story; and

—  Reading your own books (and other printed material) for pleasure.

You are the best Early childhood educator of your child!