In Chapter 3 of Classrooms that work the author poses the question, "Did you ever sit down with a younger child or stuffed animal and pretend that you could read a book?" to readers ( Cunningham & Allington, 2011). This question brought back a rush of memories for me, since I did this often to say the least. Interestingly enough, some of the oldest the memories I can recall are of me having a tea parties for my dolls, and at these I would almost always read a book. I want to say that I was about 3 for the first one that I can remember, which occurred on a blanket in the living room as my mom was watching her soaps. Little did I know at the time though, but as I was doing this I was building a foundation for literacy that would help me to become such an avid reader. There are many different and interesting stages to reading that I learned about in the is chapter that children go through, and the one that I just told a story about is the first of them, known as:
- Pretend Reading: (Ages: 3-4) Children are eager to learn to read, know that the content had to sound a certain way and make sense. This is an "indicator of future reading success," according to the authors ( Cunningham & Allington, 2011).
If you would like to read more about early child literacy you can pick up Classrooms that Work at your local bookstore or online.
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