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Group Guided reading plans
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- ENFF421 (ENFF421)
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- North-West University (NWU)
A 10 week group guided reading plan with reading text and support model for reading challenges
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, Question 1: Introduction
Early childhood development is diverse and linked together across various areas, and it is
essential to the development of reading skills in young children. The significance of perceptual,
emotional, linguistic, environmental, intellectual, and physical development for the growth of
reading abilities in young children is as follows:
Perceptual development involves the ability for children to read and understand sensory
information. Children need good visual perception skills in order to recognise letters, words, and
patterns on a page. Children with well-developed perceptual skills will be able to discriminate
between letters and words with much more ease than children who are perceptually
underdeveloped and this is an extremely important skills for reading.
Emotional development is what will influence how motivated, confident, and positive they feel
towards their learning. When a child sees learning as a positive thing, this helps develop their
love for reading, whereas negative emotions towards learning will do the exact opposite.
Children need to feel secure and helped in the classroom in order to want to engage with what
is being taught to them and in order to approach reading and learning to read with enthusiasm.
Language development is what builds the foundation for reading. Children need to have a good
vocabulary, understanding of grammar, and phonemic awareness in order to read and decode
written text. A child with excellent language skills will be able to decode words, understand the
texts they read, and connect spoken and written language with more ease than a child with
poor language skills.
The home and classroom environment has a huge impact on a child's exposure to language,
books, and literacy-rich activities. An environment that places emphasis on the importance of
reading promotes a positive attitude toward literacy. A literacy-rich environment, with books,
encouragement, and opportunities to read, improves a child's readiness to read and enthusiasm
for learning.
Cognitive or intellectual development involves memory, problem-solving, and critical thinking
skills. A child's ability to understand text is improved greatly by these abilities. When reading,
children with strong cognitive abilities can understand long texts, draw conclusions, and use
higher order thinking skills.
Reading requires both fine and gross motor skills. In order to track words on a page, fine motor
skills like hand-eye coordination and eye coordination are especially essential. A child's ability
to handle books, turn pages, and focus visually is influenced by their physical development.
Writing and other tasks requiring fine motor control are linked to the development of reading
skills.
In conclusion, the foundation for effectively developing reading skills begins with developing a
child in every aspect, which includes perceptual, emotional, language, environmental,
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