How to teach a child to read quickly and understand what they read
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Teach a child to read - not an easy task. Learn to read quickly - even more difficult. Psychologist and author of "Speed Reading for Children" Shamil Akhmadullin told how to help your child learn this skill.
Shamil Akhmadullin
Psychologist, writer, author of 15 books and manuals for the effective training of children, including "Speed reading for children. How to teach a child to read quickly and understand what they read "," Development of memory in children. " Founder skorochteniya network of centers, the development of memory and intelligence in TurboRead.ru children.
What speed reading child
Speed reading - an important skill to master that allows the child to succeed in school. Teach it can be about the age of seven, or more precisely, from the age when the child can read the words at a rate of at least 30 words per minute.
Starting from fifth grade student has to handle unusually large amounts of information. Most of the subjects, such as history, natural sciences, literature and so on, requires a fast reading, memorizing and retelling of further information received. Therefore, this skill is a must for any student who is going to continue to engage in intellectual work.
How to learn to read quickly
Any complex skill, which is the speed reading and consists of a number of smaller podnavykov. That the child has learned to read faster, he needs to master them.
Develop voluntary attention
An important component of the process of reading - a child's ability to concentrate their Attention for a long time. This podnavyk trains with the help of simple exercises, such as the labyrinth. Only child you must use sight to find a way out.
Expand the field of view
A child can receive and read several words at the same time as the reading process is based on the images.
For example, sequential reading of the phrase "Masha ate porridge" from the child's head appears first image of the girl. Then it is that she eats, and after - that eating just cereal. On a consistent compilation of this image takes a lot of time.
Another thing, if the child sees the three words at the same time. In a head at once there is an image of a girl who eats porridge. This happens instantly and greatly accelerates the process of reading.
In order that the child can see and perceive 2-3 words at the same time, it is necessary to expand its field of vision. There is a simple exercise that allows you to do it. It is called "wedge-shaped table." The child is required to focus on the central column and slowly descend down look, while pronouncing aloud side number. The goal - to reach the bottom and see both of the right and left of the central column.
Zoom pronunciation of
Pronunciation of the text slows down the reading process and negatively affects the comprehension and retention. To avoid this, the child should be tightly compressed lips and biting language reading. Thus it is possible to avoid the articulation - the process of pronunciation of the text when reading.
Remove the return movement of the eyes
Child reading often returns to the already read part of the text, reading entire paragraphs of the section. Such a process, firstly, the negative impact on reading comprehension, and secondly, reduces the read speed due to the fact that the child has to re-read the same thing several times.
To solve this problem is simple: the child need to drag your finger along the line in the reading process. And if he will do it fast enough, and reading speed will certainly rise, with no loss of quality awareness.
To be able to allocate the main text
One of the most important skills - to allocate in the main text. He secured numerous workouts. For example, you give a child highlighter (marker), asking to mark important moments in the text, and to describe it then only 10 words. The child will be very carefully choose the words to fit them all in the sense of the text.
If you help your child to learn at least a few techniques, positive results in the form of increased reading speed, and accordingly, and increased performance will not keep you waiting. Success in training you and your children!