As I reflect on what formed me I realized that I have evolved overtime into an avid reader as a result of my early environment and the encouragement of almost every elder in my family. My family instilled in me the conditions of absorbing literature in which I became interested in reading. Over time my teachers built on that foundation, training my skills and encouraging me to read even more text. I recall specific events that truly set the foundation and more conditions where I began to see my literacy evolve, which I will reflect upon. Ultimately this has caused me to become a very selective reader. I will attempt to discuss the conditions, influences and causes, which have brought me to the level at which I am able to read and communicate
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Commercial images make us believe that a child’s first experience with the alphabet or number system begins after their first day of school, which is somewhere around the age of 5. However, for a number of kids who tend to exceed the average learning in the early school years, their education actually began in the household. But I can’t prove how early learning for many kids who land in the 90th percentile started reading way before they went to their first day of kindergarten. What I can show is that my family
I believe my family has been responsible for my literacy from day one. They provided the foundation for me to find an interest in reading. They encouraged reading whether it was passively or aggressively. I recall being told to turn off the tv or stop playing and told to go read. I remember being told to stop reading to come and eat. But reading was always encouraged. There was never a ban on literature. If I could read it and comprehend the words, then I was allowed to read …show more content…
But how many times do we consider that literacy begins in the womb, and the foundation of literacy are actually be set in stone inside the household. Is it possible that the toddler before he or she actually leaves the house is impacted by their environment? As they mature into a teenager, and even an adult, these early lessons in reading have created a yearning for more knowledge and literacy. It cultivates a creative young adult whose ideas and fantasies are as wild and original as those they have read about on numerous
Commercial images make us believe that a child’s first experience with the alphabet or number system begins after their first day of school, which is somewhere around the age of 5. However, for a number of kids who tend to exceed the average learning in the early school years, their education actually began in the household. But I can’t prove how early learning for many kids who land in the 90th percentile started reading way before they went to their first day of kindergarten. What I can show is that my family
I believe my family has been responsible for my literacy from day one. They provided the foundation for me to find an interest in reading. They encouraged reading whether it was passively or aggressively. I recall being told to turn off the tv or stop playing and told to go read. I remember being told to stop reading to come and eat. But reading was always encouraged. There was never a ban on literature. If I could read it and comprehend the words, then I was allowed to read …show more content…
But how many times do we consider that literacy begins in the womb, and the foundation of literacy are actually be set in stone inside the household. Is it possible that the toddler before he or she actually leaves the house is impacted by their environment? As they mature into a teenager, and even an adult, these early lessons in reading have created a yearning for more knowledge and literacy. It cultivates a creative young adult whose ideas and fantasies are as wild and original as those they have read about on numerous