When I was a young child I lived in neighborhoods that did not afford children to get a good start in education. It was not such a big deal then because kindergarten was the time children just played. Formal education started in first grade. Today if children do not know how to read by the time they enter school they are at a disadvantage. So my research topic is teaching pre K children to read. They need to develop fluent reading skills to succeed in school. I feel that if I did not do research on how to teach the children in my child care business to read I would be doing the children a disservice.
When the class first started my first topic was literacy in young children as far as reading was concerned. I could not find much material on the subject. It all lead me to teaching Pre K. children to read. I have found an abundance of information on teaching pre k children to read.
I am having a few bumps in the road as far as the charts are concerned. The vocabulary is challenging to a certain extent. I have found that many of the words were very familiar once I familiarized my self with them again. I am interested in following all eight steps. I desire to have tried/tested, trued/proven and prior research based information so that I can offer the best high quality education to the children and their family members in my care.
If any of you reading this blog come across any resources to help in my endeavor I would greatly appreciate it. I will do the same for you.
Deborah,
ReplyDeleteYoure are so correct, at this day and time if children can not read basic words it is a major disadvantage to them. I experienced this with my daughter who is now 8 years old in the 3rd grade. I know for a fact that when she was in pre k they did not do all that they could to assist me in preparing her to read. At this time we are coming along better with reading but its still a struggle. We enrolled her in a program Kumon to assist her with reading more fluently and we also changed her schools because the school to me as an educator wasn't helping her progress with her reading.
If I come across any materials that can help you I will let you know. Best of luck!! Reading is very important and if I could do it all over again with my daughter I would.