In the video we watched a while ago, Dr. Jarret Patten’s research showed that babies around 1 years old can start to show signs of early literacy skills. For example, if you hand the baby a book and he/she opens they and start looking at the pictures instead of putting the book in their mouth, that can be a sign of early literacy skills. No, it doesn’t mean that your 1 year old can read and will be a world famous writer, it just means that they’re starting to understand that books are for opening and for looking at each page, not for eating. I tried this experiment with a 1 year old my grandma watches, his name is Vince. I handed Vince 2 books, one that had no pictures and one with a lot of pictures and a lot of colors. He actually opened the book with no pictures, as if he was looking for the pictures. When I handed him the picture book he didn't seem to mind much of it. I don't think he really likes listening to people read to him, so does this mean his literacy skills will be slower and less progressive than other kids? Hm...
I don't think it will make a difference, if he doesn't like being read to it doesn't necessarily mean he's going to have a hard time his Junior year in English, it may just mean that he has a shorter attention span and doesn't like being read to.
I agree with you. This test isn't a very strong measure of how well the baby will be able to read in the future. He may have a short attention span, or it could just be because he hasn't made the association of how books are meant to be read.
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