How to Read a Book- Part 3

Here are some nuggets that explain the Elementary Level of Reading:

• There are four stages at this level:
  

1. reading readiness
   
2. reading simple materials (some by sight)
   
3. vocabulary building through working to understand new words
   
4. refining and enhancing reading skills (an ongoing process).
   

• In Adler's words: "The discovery of meaning in symbols [referring to letters and words on a page] may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years of old!"