Opinion | Ways To ‘Ease’ Children’s Learning Difficulties at Foundational Stage.

It is important to speak clearly and loudly in front of the students and avoid using any wrong words.

Parents should pay close attention to their children’s learning difficulties so that they can acquire reading skills with full understanding and not be disadvantaged in the future based on lack of familiarity with reading skills.
Due to the lack of familiarity with the correct teaching method, children may have difficulty learning and especially reading. Like weakness and hesitation in reading, weakness in spelling and poor retention.
According to Renowned Educationists the biggest difficulty a student faces in reading is matching the letter and its sound. Then it becomes difficult to make a word out of the words. Similarly, there is difficulty in remembering and understanding words that have a slight difference in form. How to overcome reading difficulties?
This can be controlled by following the points given below.
1. The sooner a child’s condition is diagnosed, the more likely it is to overcome reading difficulties. When you find out where the child is having difficulty, You will avoid many problems later on.
2. Parents should understand the nature of their children’s problems and cooperate with the school in solving them.
3. To provide an environment conducive to learning and understanding that is free from all distractions and stress. The school should collaborate in this matter on the basis of a special Remedial Teaching Programme in the School suitable for each child according to the type of reading difficulty.
4. Similarly, training to distinguish between adjacent sounds of letters, such as distinguishing between long and short vowels, and then training to combine letters to form sentences.
5. Training to connect letters to form words and then sentences, then reading the word and matching it to the meaning on the notebook or on the board, made clear and readable by the teacher.
5. Giving the child exercises at home or in the classroom that focus on engaging the mind during the reading proces,also activities that depend on visual perception, visual memory, auditory perception and auditory memory.
6. Trying to practice speed reading, where a text can be chosen to read in a certain amount of time.
Treatment of reading difficulties
To provide an environment suitable for learning and to keep children away from anything that may cause confusion and spoil their concentration. Speaking clearly and loudly in front of the students, avoiding any wrong words in the language.Adopting a curriculum that engages children and makes them interested in reading.Asking direct questions away from complications. Encouraging and encouraging children to participate and read aloud.
Writing clear vocabulary and readable texts for students.
Stay in touch with the parents of the children. Educating them about the vulnerability of children, communicating with parents. In teaching weak children, it is not good to be patient, shout or scold and wait for quick results as it may take time.
)Writer is a Columnist and a Teacher By Profession and Can be Contacted on mukhtar.qur@gmail.com).