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Encouraging Children's Reading And Writing Skills - Are Our Kids Being Short-Changed?
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I read something recently about how to encourage children's reading and writing skills and penmanship. As a child-care worker and now a Mom, I can't help but think that, to a large extent, our kids are being short-changed by the society they're growing up in. And it's the little things that we don't often think about that are largely to blame. When I was at school, we wrote notes to our friends in class, and gave each other long hand-written letters. These days, kids and teens send each other text messages on their mobiles, often abbreviated to as few letters as possible. The kids of today have access to Ipod's, DS's, PSP's and all sorts of other gizmos and gadgets to fill in their spare time - and yet people seem surprised when they hear that children are reading less and having more problems with literacy than in previous generations. Encouraging children's reading and writing skills is something that all parents must do from a very early age. While children learn the formal skills of reading and writing at school, it's the ways that you can help them around home that teach them the 'real-life' skills they need, and complement what's learnt at school. Things like list-making, taking messages accurately, skimming while reading, following recipes and writing and addressing letters all fall into this category. And they're proof that encouraging children's reading and writing skills need not be difficult or laborious, and can in fact be enjoyable for both adults and children.
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Posted by:
feisty_leo
(female, late-20s)
(Posted 12/8/07)
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