Secret to teaching kids to read

HAVING read Natalie Wexler’s article “How to show kids the joy of reading” (https://bit.ly/2NlKEIJ) and combined with my experience as a mother of three children and a teacher for more than 20 years, I thought I would share some tips on teaching young children to read.

A child’s ability to understand text will depend on many factors, and one of the most important is his/her familiarity with a topic. Although the focus of a reading class at pre-school and primary levels is on learning to read (decode word, etc.), we must also be aware that part of that early process involves exposing these pupils to knowledge of the world.