The Nature of Reading

Series Summary

Reading is an essential part of learning. It has always been a significant sign of how well a child is able to learn. With that said, there are still thousands of people in the United States alone, including children, that are not able to read. Reading can be informational, personal, rewarding and technical. It is one of the most important ways we communicate as human beings. In this world of endless signs and written instructional information, it is very important to be able to read what is going on around you and for us to teach our children the importance of, not only reading, but reading well.

How does one go about teaching children to read? What's the fastest, most effective way to teach a child to read? In this free video series, our teacher will answer these questions and more. You'll learn the nature of reading, understand how children learn to read, how to develop their reading skills, and how to make sure they stay interested. From teaching the alphabet to reading menus, handling books, and learning the a,b,c's, these video lessons have it all. As a bonus, you'll also learn about safety, and picking reading rooms! Teach your kids how to read in no time.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ann Kennedy and on behalf of Expert Village I'm here to talk to you about understanding the nature of reading. We're going to be talking about how we learn that reading happens everywhere. Reading activities don't just happen in books they happen in all around us. We going to be talking about the power of modeling every single thing we do as parents or teachers or volunteers effects that child's ability to learn to read. We're also going to be looking at the ABCs a little bit differently that you may not even ever seen the ABCs presented before. We are also going to be looking at all about me books the importance of children developing there own books get a very very age, and how to get ready to read. It's fun, wonderful children enjoy and so will you and we're going to be dipping into print and learn how to get started. So this is understanding the nature of reading and now we're going to be looking how to get started."