| About Reading Readiness |
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"Initial reading in contrast to advanced reading appears to be a function of the right rather than the left hemisphere"
Bakker, Dirk J, Oxford University Press, 1990' |
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'Visualisation is the ability of the brain to remember a pattern of movement, sequence of sounds or the look and feel of things'
Getman 1984
The world around him/her is pouring in through their eyes and they remember much of what they see'
Ames 1976, The Gesell Institute of Child Development
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Reading Readiness
Context
One of the most complex and miraculous achievements for a baby, is the ability to effortlessly learn and speak a language and, in many cases, more than one language.
No one teaches the toddler the alphabet or the sounding of words with the alphabet before the child learns to speak! The complex speech skills are learnt intrinsically through a holistic sensory motor process.
With learning to read we humans can use similar intrinsic sensory functions that facilitate a child's ability to read, at an early age. Why is it
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The Neuro Network Approach
Reading Readiness is about supporting Vision Development and the Visual Pathway.
Neuro Network's approach to facilitate reading readiness can be summed up as follows:
- The visual pathway is the natural gateway to reading
- Reading needs a good vision foundation
Reading is
- the highest cortical function of the visual pathway
- a visual perceptual and cognitive learning skill
- a neurological function of the visual pathway
- dependent on fine motor coordination of the visual pathway
Reading grows the brain - the more we use the visual pathway, the better the development.
Reading cannot become a treatment program for a visual learning problem.
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