Becoming a reader is a continuous process that begins with

the development of oral language skill and leads, overtime,

to independent reading oral language -the ability to speak
and listen – is a vital foundation for reading success .
While developing oral language is a natural process learning
to read is not. Children must be taught to understand ,
interpret and manipulate the printed symbols of written
language. This is an essential task for the first few years of
school.
Reading success is the foundation for achievement
throughout the school years. There is critical window of
opportunity from the age of four to seven for learning to
read. Children who successfully learn to read in the early
primary tears of schools are well prepared to read for
learning and for pleasure in the years to come.

Stage of reading development

The first two reading stages are named and described in different
ways by different reading specialists, but they are essentially the
same.
 In the earliest, pre-reading stage, children mimic the reading
process without actually reading. They begin to understand
what reading is aboutand how is works. They learn that what
can be spoken, can be written down and read by someone else.
 In the beginning reading stage, children learn to pay attention
to the details of print and to the way the printed letters and
words represent the sound and words of oral language. They
 need to understand how sound of the language map into the
letters
 Later they learn to comprehend the short pieces of text