Cecille's Creativity

1. Develop good work habits

a. Provide work suited to the various children’s abilities so each one can complete his task.
b. Keep the children busy. Boxes, sewing materials, scissors, paste, paper, picture games, toys and blocks are very important for the development of the child to read.
c. Help children become independent in their work.

1. Set a problem and give no direction.
2. Let them get and put their materials and books.
3. Let them follow directions and finish their work on their own initiative.
4. Set the model of accuracy pf interpretation, phrasing, expression and pronunciation.
5. Try to maintain pupil’s interest and attention through sustained motivation.

2. Provide many and wide experiences
a. Give attention to birthdays and holidays.
b. Let children bring objects from home and tell about them.
c. Study intensively one thing which children are interested in and which has real life value.

3. Train children to be attentive when in a group.

a. Have two or three children tell a story; one child starts, the others continue.
b. Gather children together to talk over a picture, to discuss objects, or show what they have drawn.

4. Develop ability to recognize likeness and differences in words, word forms or other forms.

a. Paste words under pictures on a sheet. Have a duplicate set of words or cards in an envelope. Children match words in envelope with words under the picture.
b. Ask children to listen for words that sound alike. Have them say these rhyming words.

5. Provide experience with materials and techniques of reading

a. Point to lines of poetry from left to right as you read them.
b. Let them underline the word from left to right rather than draw a circle around it.
c. Let them paste pictures or color cards in a L-R order on a wall pocket.
d. Let children trace words or letters from left to right.
e. Arrange pictures in sequence from left to right.
f. Move fingers along from left to right in looking at picture books and nursery rhymes.
g. Direct attention to reading symbols from left to right as you read them.


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Cecille