Literacy skills development in early childhood and first-grade classrooms
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https://doi.org/10.12697/eha.2025.13.1.02aKeywords:
literacy development, instruction, home learning environment, early childhood, first gradeAbstract
Kirjaoskuse arengut mõjutavad mitmed tegurid, mis avalduvad varakult, juba enne lapse kooliminekut. Laste kirjaoskuse arengu keelelisi ja kognitiivseid lähtekohti on põhjalikult uuritud. Samas on leitud, et laste kirjaoskuse arengut ja nende lugemishuvi mõjutavad oluliselt ka kirjaoskust toetav kodune keskkond ja õpetajate juhendamismeetodid. Kvaliteetset laste ja õpetajate vahelist interaktsiooni iseloomustavad emotsionaalselt toetavad suhted ja hästi korraldatud õppetöö, mis soodustavad laste lugemisoskuse arengut ja motivatsiooni, eriti lugemisraskustega lastel. Artiklis kirjeldatakse väikelaste kirjaoskuse arengut ja selle toetamise võimalusi varases koolieas.
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