1/14Unit5SectionOneTacticsforListeningPart2listeningandNote-takingReadingB:Whenshouldachildstartlearningtoreadandwrite
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Thereisnohardandfastrule,fornotwoarealike,anditwouldbewrongtosetatimewhenallshouldstartbeingtaughttheinsandoutsofreadingletterstoformwords
Ifathree-year-oldwantstoread(orevenatwo-year-oldforthatmatter),thechilddeservestobegiveneveryencouragement
Thefactthatheorshemightlaterbe"bored"whenjoiningaclassofnon-readersatinfantschoolistheteacher'saffair
Itisuptotheteachertoseethatsuchachildisgivenmoreadvancedreadingmaterial
Similarly,thechildwhostillcannotreadbythetimehegoestojuniorschoolattheageofsevenshouldbegiveneveryhelpbyteachersandparentsalike
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