READING READINESS DEVELOPMENTAL

READING 2
WHAT IS READING DEVELOPMENTAL

READINESS ? READING 2
READING READINESS

is defined as the time when a child

transforms from being a non-reader to
a reader.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS
OF READING DEVELOPMENTAL
READING 2

READINESS ?
THERE IS READINESS WHEN:
1. The child is interested
2. The child can remember & retell simple stories
3. There is book & print awareness
4. The child can play with sounds in words
5. The child knows MOST of his letters and sounds
HOW WILL READING
READINESS BE DEVELOPMENTAL
READING 2

REINFORCED?
READING READINESS CAN BE
INFORCED THROUGH:
1. Reading readiness can be reinforced through Playing with rhymes
2. Reading readiness can be reinforced through Creating stories
3. Reading readiness can be reinforced through Practicing the alphabet
4. Reading readiness can be reinforced through Listening to a child
read
5. Reading readiness can be reinforced through Reading together
everyday
EVALUATION

Write the insights you have gotten from

this lesson. What did the lesson entice you
to do? What new discoveries did you
make?
ACTIVITY TIME! DEVELOPMENTAL
READING 2
PROBE!
1. Select a child under the age of six to observe. Ask permission from the
parent/teacher to observe the child for a few days while she/he is in her reading class
or reading at home. Write a report and share your observations with the class.
Can the child –
A. make simple predictions and comments about a story being read?
B. repeat a simple story after hearing it?
C. hold and look at books right side up, turning the pages one at a time from front to
back?
D. name the letters in his/her first name, and can recognize his/her first name in
print?
PROBE!
E. Say and point to at least ten letters of the alphabet?
F. Match a letter with the beginning sound of a word (such as the letter “b” with a
picture of a banana)?
G. Recognize words or signs he sees often?

2. What conclusions can you make out of your observations? Is the child ready to
read? Can she/he already read? Why do you say so?