Question

k6 Development of Intelligence ussion Britney is 12 months old. Britney's mother bought a program to teach her baby to read In this program, parents are instructed to present Discuss the potential pros and cons of the offects of this intervention on Brittney's intellectual functioning as well as her social functioning Response Posts: In your responses to your classmates, contribute to the discussion with your own original opinions or interpretation of the course materials

Answer 1

Children starts to develop reading skills from the age of 4-5 years naturally. Children first starts to read simple monosyllable words.

For learning the reading skills, children first need to understand the connection between letters and sounds and words and sounds. Children must have knowledge about phoneme and phonics. Every child is different and starts to learn to read at different pace.

Parents can make their children learn how to read through natural methods like providing them intellectual attractive books with simple sentences or words, reading aloud to children, visiting library, story telling. Through such activities parents can lay the foundation of reading for their children and children develop reading skills naturally.

But some parents force their children to read at a very early age. Some children are forced to read by flash cards by repeating them many a times in a day till they learn it.

Forced reading has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Pros:

1. Helps to learn to read before the school years

2. Helps the child to out-stand and perform extra ordinary in class

3. Helps to enhance the vocabulary and writing skills

4. Helps to improve concentration power and memory

5. Makes the child more confident

Cons :

1. Force reading makes the child memorize the pictures and flashcards instead of developing reading skills.

2. Puts undue pressure and load on child

3. The child starts to feel reading as a boring, burden process instead of enjoying it.

4. Making the child to read early do not guarantee that he will perform well in school.