CHAPTER 10. THE IMPORTANCE OF READING

The Universality of Reading.

This book is about teaching your child to read English.   But if you can read  English, you can read any language with the same alphabet if you know the vocabulary.
This was brought home to me when Jemma went to live in France.
When she was six, Jemma went to school in France. She had already learned to read English books in Australia..  She knew very little French and was put into a Grade1 with her peers, who were just starting to learn to read, but as soon as she picked up the French vocabulary, which as a six year old, was quite soon, to the surprise of her teacher, she could read those French books just as well as she did the English ones at home.

​The importance of reading.

It is my strong belief that being a keen and efficient reader is the most valuable asset any person can have too enable him to gain an education in all spheres, and also as an area of personal enjoyment that is unsurpassed.

Have you achieved your aim?

When can you feel confident that your child is on the path to achieving this?

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I think you have come one important step along the way when you find your son or daughter reading under the doona in torchlight after you have insisted on turning off the light!