Stages of reading development

Stages of reading development

1. birth-1 year

   • bold and strong contrasting colours
   • realistic and recognisable images of faces or everyday objects
   • may develop favourite books
   • repeated phrases and sing song refrains
   • book for bedtimes or other routines
   • start to learn how books open
   • start with short books and pictures
   • like pop-up books and books with flaps

2. 1-2 years

   • know that it goes from left to right
   • handles books and printed materials with interest
   • start to identify family members from pictures
   • prefer real world books about farms and trucks etc instead of fantasy
   • enjoys rhyming books

3. 2-4 years

   • Books with pictures and active stories
   • start to understand sequences of stories
   • learns to turn the pages
   • searches for favourite pictures
   • co-ordinates text with pictures

4. Reception

   • phonics
   • words are broken down
   • develop an understanding that words that are spoken can be segmented
   • learn that prints represent the sounds of speech
   • learn to connect letters

5. Key Stage 1

   • fred talk
   • blend words
   • word recognition
   • learn pronounciation
   • read words with more than one syllable
   • understand words that are shortened e.g i'll
   • read aloud accurately