How to understand that it is time to teach a child to read: the main criteria

Parents often decide that it is time to teach their child to read solely based on age-appropriate indicators.

Many people are now talking about the benefits of methods that involve early reading instruction, but not all experts agree with these arguments.

Let's find out if there are criteria that allow us to clearly determine that a child is ready to learn to read.

It turns out that in addition to such qualities as perseverance and the ability to concentrate, there are a number of other characteristics.

Main features

First, the child must speak well.

Secondly, he should not have problems pronouncing all the sounds.

Thirdly, the child has developed a good vocabulary.

Fourthly, the child himself is interested in books.

Thus, it is simply not practical to begin teaching a child to read using the traditional method before the age of 4, reports the Defectology portal.

But as far as early learning methods are concerned, they have their advantages.

It is believed that in this case, reading becomes the same skill as speaking.