When you consider it, it is a really important skill for you to learn to read, even at a young age so that you can really perform a whole set of skills. Why is this so? Well, you really need to make sure that you can understand all of the instructions that come with packages in case of assembly and other things. Same thing with books and other sources of information that you need in order for you to get a good grade on a class or some necessary skill that you need to succeed in your career. For kids who are struggling try using this program: http://www.whatisphonics.org/shop-phonics/complete-package/. We have used it in my house.

If you do not learn to read well, you are going to have a lot of problems. You are going to really come up short when you consider all of the things today that require a good reading proficiency. If you make sure that you can understand all of the words on the different labels and the products and on the packets. You are going to have a problem with the things that require you to decipher different letter combinations out there. Chances are if you do not know how to read well, you are even going to have a lot of trouble trying to understand this very article.

A whole lot of communication in the world today is written. It is easy, convenient and precise even in the midst of repetition. Anyone who has played a messenger games will know that when you try to transmit a message via the oral method, the original message is going to be lost in translation. If you do not know how to read or never learned how to, you are going to have a big problem with functioning in society. It is not really going to be good for you from the start. If you do not try your best to ensure that you will be able to at least have a rudimentary understanding of the skills necessary, your contribution to society is going to be as menial as a street sweeper or something that is really beneath what you may have had in mind.

So, really, you cannot put more emphasis on the need to learn to read any more than learning any other skill. They say that some skills are survival skills like learning how to swim or climb or start a fire and look for shelter and such, but reading is something that is vital in surviving in today’s world. You do not want to look like an ignoramus who can’t even read a basic children’s book, would you? Anyone would be embarrassed by that and they will frankly have no one to blame but themselves. If they took the time to learn to read, they might be in better situations and not one where their worth is demeaned and they are left to the wayside because of societal norms that people who can’t read are nobodies in the world and not worth the attention.




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    I have taught my children to read at a young age. As I have gotten older I have found many kids today do not have satisfactory reading or phonics skills.

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