Reading for Young Kids

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” 

― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Ika completely focused on her book and nothing else! 

Group reading session in PP - 2

Spoorthy and Sharon enjoying their book in the Tree House

Praval engrossed with his book under the tamarind tree

In the cool breeze, under the tamarind tree. A tree house that invites all. Plenty of books for children's interest in the library, and a small library in the class itself, for their easy access...

In such an environment, who wouldn’t want to read?

Here at Sancta Maria, we understand how important reading is for younger children. We have specific times when we all sit down to read, kids and teachers alike. We read Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, Bright Sparks Series, Ladybird Series and various other titles for the children to choose from. 

Believe it or not, all the kids read them, and they seem to do it all so easily.

I often see children tell me the names of their favorite chocolates, how do you think they read it out from the wrappers? Obviously, it is something that comes to them naturally. Reading is something that children can do without any prerequisite knowledge; Of course, I don’t mean that reading doesn’t need guidance, but you’ll notice that reading, is very different from writing. While the procedure of writing involves teaching them about the strokes and letters, reading will just take place by seeing the structure of words that they see in their everyday lives, for example, the aforementioned chocolate wrappers, and advertisements in the television.

Reading is very important to our lives. To learn anything new, the most basic skill required is reading. Thus, it is often impressed that children be taught to read from a young age itself, as this also helps to cultivate the habit of reading in them.