At what age do children usually learn to read?

Question

Specifically I need to know at what age do females begin to learn to read?

Answer 1

All children are different ,and progress at different stages and ages. You will find that some girls are at a higher level than this little girl, even though they are the same age. I think at around 41/2 to 5 years of age. At this point they will know some three letter words and be able to read short sentences. like for instance. The red cat can run. I love Mom and Dad. But again all children are different. The more time you have to teach and play with them the faster they learn.

Answer 2

Technically, when we learn our alphabet at a very young age we are taking the first steps toward learning how to read. There are many pre-reading skills that must first be achieved before reading, like recognizing letters and the sounds they make. Next you recognize words that start with certain letters.

It is a gradual progression, and not an exact one that is achieved by X age or Y grade for every child. If your first grader still cannot read, this is probably when you should worry.

Answer 3

Females usually begin reading about the age of 4 or 5. But if you have a really smart, scary kid they might start readingat the age of 3. Cuz this dork at my school began 2 read when he was 3 and he is in the scary smart classes.

Answer 4

I started reading at the age of 3. Mostly sight words.....like McDonalds, Coke, Pepsi, Snickers.....etc. I was about 4 when I was reading I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

Normal range is about 5-7.

Read the book "Why America's Children Can't Think" ?by Peter Kline? He has a lot of stats listed in the book and it's a good reference.

Answer 5

With the TV and video games becoming a babysitter in most homes, it is difficult to say. When I was growing up, my mom sat me in front of Sesame Street and The Electric Company (the second show was mostly in Philly area). I learned to read at the age of three and have hardly been without a book since. If we were out shopping, my mom would leave me in the children's book department (this was in the early 70's before the madness of child predators) and I would read the books until she was done shopping and then come and get me.

The more you read to your child the more the child will want to read, when they see the enjoyment that you get and then they will want to read on their own.

Answer 6

The modern teaching methods suggest five is the optimum age for learning to read.

There are parents who teach their children to read earlier, but there have been studies that have indicated that children learn through sight, sound and touch before they begin to read. Early reading may actually inhibit the process of learning through sensory experience. By the age of seven, the early readers have no advantage over those who waited until age five, but they have no way to make up for what they lost in sensory learning. Their verbal language skills may actually suffer.

If your child is younger than five, it would be better to play good music, sing with them, recite nursery rhymes and do learning projects with shapes and colors. Play is also educational. Let them run, jump, dance and enjoy themselves. There will be time enough to read and write.

Answer 7

Children who learn to read by age 4 read at several grade levels better than same-I.Q. and same-socioeconomic status children who are taught to read at age 5 or 6.

In addition, children who are taught at age 7 or 8 are farther behind (even when matched for I.Q. and socioeconomic status).

There are also an abundance of studies showing that the window of opportunity for learning language skills begins to close by age 4.

Answer 8

5 or 6...they start building the principles of reading. Normally this is done in kindergarten. Just basic words of course and then by the age of 6 to 7 they learn to string some words together. I think this is the average anyways...give or take.

Answer 9

My daughter is 5, she will be 6 in Feb. She is just now beginning to learn to read in school. I think she will be pretty good by the time she turns 6, but everyone learns at different speeds, no one is the same.

Answer 10

Around 5