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My wife studies multi-modal literacy as part of her PhD studies. She was, at one point, staunchly against letting our young daughter play too many computer game
by tjstankus 17y ago
My wife studies multi-modal literacy as part of her PhD studies. She was, at one point, staunchly against letting our young daughter play too many computer games, but as a result of her studies has done a complete 180. We monitor what our daughter is exposed to, for the most part, but we find that introducing her to games that stretch her skills in literacy, music, logic, etc. has been really beneficial. The result? She was reading at 3 years old and reading well by 4 years old. She just turned 5 and is into chapter books. Is this result completely due to her game playing? No. But the games have definitely helped.
tl;dr version: in my opinion, based on experience, the right kind of games will help literacy development
- klipt 17y agoWould you mind giving an example of the right kind of game?
- tjstankus 17y agoMost of the Nintendo DS games involve a lot of text. One example of a game that she played quite a bit recently is Fossil Fighters. The Nintendo DS games pretty much all assume you can read, though, so it's not hard to find ones that develop literacy. She used to play the Leapster quite a bit. There are many educational games for the Leapster. They develop skills that lead to reading, but they don't assume you can read. The browser-based games are hit and miss.