| Head start programs for baby can either enhance | | | | the house that will impact on their future success. |
| or inhibit their future success and achievement in | | | | It is the words in their minds that are valuable to |
| school. Pushing too hard too early can have | | | | learning. |
| serious negative implications later in life. I have | | | | A child's reading ability affects their entire report |
| seen many children freeze with anxiety and | | | | card as reading is truly at the heart of education. |
| nervousness when reading or approaching new | | | | The knowledge of almost every subject area in |
| tasks from early pressure from parents to learn | | | | school stems from reading. You need to be able |
| and perform early. We must provide opportunities | | | | to read the science experiment, you need to be |
| for early learning that send pleasurable signals to | | | | able to read the maths problem, you need to be |
| feed the brain. Any tasks that send tense or | | | | able to read the questions in your exams to |
| painful signals will steer the child away from | | | | understand the tasks. |
| learning. | | | | Many people think the best way to build a baby's |
| The best head start program parents can offer | | | | vocabulary is simply to talk a lot to them. While |
| their baby is one that involves the child learning in | | | | this is still recommended and very wise, many |
| a natural cycle, suitable for their level of brain | | | | people overlook the impact that reading to baby |
| development. If the brain is incorrectly wired early | | | | can have on their vocabulary acquisition. It is |
| in life from hefty head start programs, it can | | | | actually proven that conversation is inferior to |
| seriously inhibit their learning and success. The | | | | print and reading when trying to build vocabulary. |
| best way to build a child's vocabulary is through | | | | It is the less common and more rare words that |
| reading regularly and conversing regularly. A child's | | | | we use when talking or reading to baby that |
| vocabulary level upon entering school will | | | | effectively builds their vocabulary and |
| immensely help or hinder their comprehension. | | | | consequently strengthens their reading. |
| The vocabulary and words that a child knows | | | | Children's books and even picture books are |
| upon entering school determines how much they | | | | known to use a significantly higher rate of rare |
| will understand what the teacher tells them. Your | | | | words than those spoken in everyday language |
| child's personal vocabulary level will either feed or | | | | around the home. In order to expose baby to |
| frustrate their understanding and comprehension | | | | more rare words to build their vocabulary, we |
| of concepts. | | | | must read to them. By this we don't mean read |
| From my knowledge as a teacher, once a child | | | | the encyclopedia. Simply read books that interest |
| starts to struggle or get behind in class, they | | | | them and are pleasurable. |
| have to work extremely hard to keep up. More | | | | Vocabulary and background knowledge are the |
| times than not, the gap widens and is very | | | | key prerequisites before starting school. Parents |
| difficult to regain. Reading to baby early helps to | | | | need to read regularly and consistently to their |
| build this vocabulary level so that they have a | | | | baby and talk often. Remember that babies and |
| strong chance of a good background knowledge | | | | children learn the most from their parents. Put |
| of their world and ready to understand their | | | | simply, the best head start programs parents |
| instructors at school. The simplicity of regularly | | | | should consider for their baby is not workbooks, |
| reading to baby or child is that it's not the toys in | | | | drills or skills programs. |