Child Learning to Read

Dear parent,

It is best to let children run their own learning paths. Expose but don’t impose. Please read my article, “The Case Against Teaching.” It can be found in the book, Life Learning by Wendy Prisnitz, which is a compilation of articles from Life Learning Magazine. Or, your can read it on line here: http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/0706/ask_naomi_aldort_the_case_against_teaching.htm

Learning anything is its own personal process. The invention of a personal learning method is by far more important than what is being learned. In addition, learning to read later has many advantages; the child has more years to sharpen his memory when not relaying on the written word, and he has time to imagine and perceive through other senses. Your son may learn to read now, or he may stay with the writing he has done so far and let it be for a couple of years. If you offer anything, it can only thwart the plan that is most optimal to his way of learning.

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