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Did you know that reading is the most studied aspect of human learning?
It’s true!
Learning to read is not a natural process.
Human brains are wired for speech, but not for reading.
Over the past 40 years, scientists from many different fields, including developmental psychologists, educational psychologists, developmental linguists, & cognitive neuroscientists, have studied how humans learn to read.
Because of its volume, nature, and consistency, this science has been compiled into a body of work called “The Science of Reading,” which is the roadmap for how humans learn to read.
The Science of Reading has debunked many myths about how kids learn to read, but unfortunately, this research hasn’t made its way into all of our classrooms.
Because of this, many kids continue to struggle with learning to read, but it doesn’t need to be that way!
As preschool teachers & early childhood educators, WE lay the foundation of reading development for our students and impact their later success in school, and WE are the ones who educate their parents on the importance of early literacy skills.
What we do in these early years MATTERS!
When we're intentional about literacy development in the younger years, our students will have more success in kindergarten and beyond.
And that’s what we all want, right?!