Raising Smarter Children

We hope you enjoyed the interview on how your baby can read with Janet Doman this week.

Several questions on baby reading milestones came in so we thought you may like to know a bit more about what your baby should do with respect to reading readiness by preschool age.

Of course, your baby can read, if given the proper instruction by age 1, but these are the general milestones according to the U.S. Department of Education, National Literacy Institute, KidsHealth.org and several other sources:

By age 1:

• Your baby will generally imitate sounds they hear
• Be able to look at pictures
• Respond when spoken to
• Touch the book and even turn pages with help

Remember, you baby can read, and will read if you include more senses like sound, pictures and touch.  Soon, we’ll post an interview with Dr. Robert Titzer with more information on how your baby can read.

Ages 1-3

Your baby will:

• Act as if reading a book
• Point to pictures and words in a book
• Turn the pages of a book
• Know the actual names of a book
• Want you to read their favorite book to them
• Be able to answer simple questions about a story in a book

By preschool your child should:

• be able to sing or recite the alphabet
• listen to longer stories that you read
• look at a book without help
• begin to use symbols that look like writing

If you have questions or comments, add the two numbers together and submit them below.

Remember, every child is smart!

Warmly,

Pat Wyman and Erin Mavredakis M.D.

Visit our sister site at http://www.HowToLearn.com for more resources and tips on raising smarter children.