Sight reading is incidental, casual, informal way of linking written and spoken word.(label the chair, door, cupboard, jars of different colour etc. and analysing the child associate the words with the objects)
Conversation which should be purposeful, structured with objectives well defined and of short duration keeping in mind the attention span of a child. Conversation sessions may include sessions between - Teacher and child, child and child or general discussion.
(Use of pictures, flash cards, feely bag, toy box, show and tell sessions, and puppets can be used creatively by the teacher.)
Story Telling should be age appropriate accompanied by some visual aid, voice modulation, expression and gestures.
Dramatization, Mime and Role Play can be used effectively for language development.
Bed time reading short stories to children is effective. It is seen that children like repetition hence they like to hear the same story again and again initially. It is interesting to note that after a few months of repeating the same story if you skip a line they will immediately intervene when even a line has been missed. At a later stage showing them the words that are being read help for incidental learning to take place.
When the child reaches the stage of reading it is important to ensure that the book is age appropriate, colourful, and graphically /visually.
