Studies are showing that a student’s early skills in reading and writing are impacted by their literacy experiences as an infant. By the time a child reaches preschool, he or she has already begun to develop an awareness of different sounds and how words, letters and symbols are associated with sounds.

“The article provides information on non-invasive neurological tests for infants that may help show an infant’s potential for phonetic differentiation, and that potential has been shown to link later to reading and writing skills.”

Scientists measure activity in a child’s brain as a way to determine phonemic awareness and have found that early instruction helps children prepare for school literacy learning. In a preschool or home setting, a parent or instructor can help a child develop a foundation for early literacy skills by reading with the child, modeling writing, and incorporating play into the experience.
Reading and writing instruction does not start inside the classroom. In fact, there are many studies that have indicated that children can begin to acquire pre-literacy skills, called emergent literacy skills, as early as infancy, and those skills can be strengthened before the child reaches kindergarten.
~Prenner

Key Takeaways:

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The region of the brain responsible for reading starts developing in kids before they enroll in school.
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With early testing and intervention, researchers believe that we could help students that would struggle with reading before it is ever a problem for them.
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There are many exercises a parent can do to strengthen their child’s emergent literacy skills.

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