i disagree. the strategy you’ve just mentioned is more for teenagers or adults learning a foreign language. kids are like sponges. they take in everything and organize it automatically rather than having to deal with it on a manual linear, concept by concept, basis which is more logical but more difficult.

an example of this would be the use of phrasal verbs. most native english speakers don’t know what they are because we’ve always used them and they seem normal. for ESL students phrasal verbs are the abyss.

what does “to take off” mean?

i take OFF my hat.

the plane takes OFF.

take your feet OFF the table.

he took the day OFF.

ESL children don’t have to write tables to memorize the various meanings and usage, they just repeat it a million times in songs and games and know it.

for a child speaking their native language, this goes even faster so i think you should expose the children to a wide spectrum of language that is non-linear rather than a limited range.

The last time I checked, young kids were reading very simple “books”. I remember reading Dick & Jane in first or second grade. I don’t find anything particularly complicated about “See spot run. Run Spot, Run”.

You have a point about using slang, but at the same time, part of building comprehension is about speaking in terms a person can understand. But you also build comprehension by exposure to new words – whether reading or hearing them spoken, one of the best ways to learn a word is to hear it in context several times.

You also have to remember that slang is part of the evolution of a language. Every year there are new words and phrases added to the dictionary and most of the start off as slang.

As for the difficulty of reading material, I think that varies from child to child. Once the foundation has been laid in kindergarten, first, and second grade; I think kids should be challenged to read progressively more complicated books. That doesn’t mean a third grader should be reading Tolkien, but they should be reading Charlotte’s Web and other similar books, and there is no reason they couldn’t be into the Harry Potter books.

By avoiding slang, idioms, and long words, I think you teach a fear of learning.

I think ur right to a certain extent and the most appropriate way to teach the kids is the ancient way of grammer lol i say ancient coz now a days the scene has changed but i certainly hope kids r not lost on grammer which is the main aspect of any language.

Rhymes and poems make it easy for the kids to understand the real english in a easy manner. Wat u say is true but I’d say as the kids grow up and have been through with the grammer they shud be exposed to slangs and idioms so that they can understand the difference too. U have to know wat these things are too. Infact long words taught in the childhood days r grasped better and r fixed in the minds which never leaves the memory bank ever. Majority learning can be done by the kids when they r kids, kids have a high grasping capacity when they r unknown to the material world and thus r absolutely involved with whatever they r taught. Thus the memory is sharp and recollection is way too easy. For eg. if u see kids who have peoms byheart never tend to forget any even after 30 yrs of their life spent growing up and learning different things, thus things when learned in childhood remain forever.

Most children’s attention span is so short that they tend to get bored if the story is too long. Art projects should also be kept quick & simple, yet interesting. It is better to read a series of short stories than it is to cover a whole book, with the exception of Dr. Seuss, Golden Books & Wonder Books.

Dover Publications has a series of coloring books for children & there’s even a sampler book you can order for free. If I remember correctly, you still have to pay the postage.

i agree on not using slang with kids, but i think they should use long words or read whole books because that way it’s harder for them to memorize the whole book which they would do with a small poem, they have to actaully have to learn the whole book.

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I agree to not use slang but it depends on the childs attention span on how long the book is.

i don’t think child should start reading poems

i’m 19 and i still don’t get it

i think they are better off with doctor suwies

but it all depends on the age of the child

if they are in junior high or 6th grade then yes to poems

pretty much agree! Also you can add teach them some manners and such. But i agree with just about everything you said!

As soon as children learn to speak, they should be taught to read and nurtured and encouraged to read so they don’t become idiots.