What was the specific teaching technique by which we all learned how to read when we were young?

Answer 1

I seriously doubt there is one over-arching title for all the different techniques. Remember that some of us are old, like me, and some young. Some of us lived in a country where English was the language, some learned English as a second or third language.

My old-fashioned school used phonics, which I think is very effective. But then, actually, I learned to read before I went to school. My grandmother used to sit me on her lap and have me turn the pages and look at the book with her. After awhile, I knew the words just because I followed them while she read them. When I would turn the page at the right time without her having to tell me, she started having me read to her. I guess I was three or four, because I went to nursery school before I was five.

Answer 2

Don't know how old you are-- so it depends, for many years we learned to read by the Phonetic system--"sounding out" most kids call it. Many schools then switched to the Whole Language system in which kids were taught to sight read and recognize words and phrases without taking them apart phonetically. More of a memorization technique. Now I believe that them employ both techniques simultaneously, or at least that was happening last time I worked in the school system.

Answer 3

We don't all learn to read the same way, so there is no single specific teaching technique for all of us.

Answer 4

Learn by example.

Answer 5

your parent or guardian read the bible to you...that's how everyone learn to read in the middle ages...good luck...