"The fact is that learning to read is a complex process and does not happen by itself. Learning to read needs planning, teaching parts of reading skills," said Nuradi Indrawijaya, S.Pd, Head of the Yogyakarta Reading Interest Community Movement at Taman Bacaan Masyarakat (TBM) or Community Reading Corner Nawasena Ngluwar, Magelang on September 25, 2023.
Out of three children coming to kindergarten, more than one comes without the necessary learning skills. Research shows that reading aloud is one crucial thing we can do to help children be ready to read and ready to learn. Children spend 900 hours at school and 7800 hours at home. Based on data, interest in reading books for preschool children reaches 100%, decreases when children are in 4th grade to 54%, 8th grade to 30%, even when children are in grade 12 to only 19%.
Skilled reading requires fluent coordination in reading words and understanding them. Reading aloud...
