Are four year olds ready to learn to read and write?

Answer 1

Depends on the 4 year old. Everything little children learn is developmental--meaning they can't do something until their brain and their body are ready. Nothing you can do about it until they are ready to absorb it. Some 4 year olds can do that easily--others it takes a longer period of time. Play, though, is the best way for little children to learn. It's OK to do some reading and writing at 4 years old, but there should be plenty of time for play. Play is how children learn about and how to interact with the world around them. It's very educational.

Answer 2

This is a developmental readiness question, and MOST children aren't even close to being ready for it at age 4. That doesn't mean some aren't, but it's not the norm, and expecting it out of 'any' 4 year old is not age-appropriate. If your child is in a good preschool setting at age 4, chances are he/she is obtaining the skills for reading readiness. Meanwhile, expose them to letters, starting with their first name. Focus on letter recognition...beginning with the first letter of their name. Also, read A LOT to them, and get them to recall events in the book, even turning pages and allowing them to tell YOU the story. This is called 'pre-reading skills'. Give them a clipboard and let them use 'scribble' writing to take your order as you play restaurant. Just don't try so hard to rush the child that it's not fun...it's not worth it. Follow your child's readiness ques and provide more as they go along, not skipping steps.

Answer 3

Generally speaking, yes they are capable of learning to read and write specially if they already have been tutored to. Most kids of that age actually can be considered to have a satisfactory understanding of what they are being taught to and considering that children has excellent capability of memory retention and learning than adults, the tendency is they will learn those on early age.

Answer 4

Most four year olds are ready. Pointing out signs on shops (ice-cream shop, doctor etc. or roadsigns to the way home) is an easy way to start kids reading. Get them to write their name on their drawings. Soon they will be writing letters to mum. Great stuff.

Answer 5

interesting question...the answer is yes...most children will not be able to read until they reach school age, but if they show interest i would begin to teach them basics, if you are able to...English is a hard language to read and write, but you can start off with simple words and phrases...if they are able to recognize certain words try making little books on the computer and printing them out so they can learn new words...i know children that were able to read books at that age but its important to change the books around because some children memorize the books and parents think they are reading them...

Answer 6

yes.
my 3 year old cousin, cant read but if you try to teach her a couple of times she'll recognize the word like a week a two after and then she'll get over it and act like she never learned anything in her life.
i mean EVER!!!!!

Answer 7

Do not even have the time what mother is trying to teach them for their survival on planet earth.
Observe what happened to those little ones out there kicking the butts of their own parents with time on planet earth.

Answer 8

Some are, I have a four year old and he is almost as smart as my eight year old. Some kids can surprise you. Mine have.

Answer 9

It depends on the kid. I could read by age 3. I taught myself.

Answer 10

Many children can already read at that age