Learning to Read

It seems so natural in retrospect, the skill - like breathing. You are taught to sound out each letter in your head, bit by bit, and connect them with what is on the page. Like many things in our society - sound plays an important roll. Learning a language is that way - you mimic how others sound out the words. My neice has a friend, who'll I call Penny, who is an excellent mimic. She can speak in whole sentences at the age of two, said the other day :" We have to plan the garden party tomorrow, because the dingbat can't make it." She has no clue what she said. She mimiced word by word her mother's friends. ( Read more... )