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hamworld05 · Mar 3, 2007, 07:24 PM

Should a child read first or write first?

AKaeTrue · Mar 3, 2007, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by hamworld05

Should a child read first or write first?

My daughter, in K-5, could write her name and the ABC's. This year, in first grade, she is learning to read.

hamworld05 · Mar 4, 2007, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by AKaeTrue

My daughter, in K-5, could write her name and the ABC's. This year, in first grade, she is learning to read.

How does that answer my question?

grammadidi · Mar 4, 2007, 01:31 PM

I think children should (and do, to some degree) read first. A parent reads them stories and they begin to identify letters and words. They see a box of cereal, a toy in the store or a street sign and they start identifying words. The more a child reads the better they learn. I taught my kids to learn at age two. They were able to do that, but not physically able to print yet. The fine motor skills for printing take longer to develop (in my opinion) than the skills needed for distinguishing different letters and words.

Didi

tinsign · Mar 4, 2007, 01:40 PM

Reading is the first thing they learn from books of pictures with the word above each one. In that way they are able to connect the word and picture together
Later after getting to know the sounds of words they also learn to write them.

hamworld05 · Mar 4, 2007, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by grammadidi

I think children should (and do, to some degree) read first. A parent reads them stories and they begin to identify letters and words. They see a box of cereal, a toy in the store or a street sign and they start identifying words. The more a child reads the better they learn. I taught my kids to learn at age two. They were able to do that, but not physically able to print yet. The fine motor skills for printing take longer to develop (in my opinion) than the skills needed for distinguishing different letters and words.

Didi

That makes sense. If a child was asked to write a dog, she'd have to know what dog looks like. "Oh, a dog has a d and an o + g, so d-o-g, dog!

AKaeTrue · Mar 4, 2007, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by hamworld05

How does that answer my question?

Sorry for the confusion. I used an example by what my daughter learned first and second.
In school, my daughter was taught to write first (the ABC's and her name). Then, she was taught reading second (like books and words that she associated with objects). Then she learned to spell and was able to write the word because she knew how to write the letters..

I guess it could be different in each child's situation when you're referring to very very young children.
Unlike the other answers, I would give my daughter crayons to scribble on paper or a coloring book before she was old enough to associate words or understand a picture book. If you look at it that way, the writing still came before the reading.
Just my experience.
Kae