{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Study says children starting school later are better readers' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c414d8eafeecae1660bb' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c414d8eafeecae1660bb' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nStudy says children starting school later are better readers\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eChildren who start school at the age of five show \"less positive attitudes to reading, and showed poorer text comprehension\" than those who started at seven years old. That's according to a recent study by a New Zealand university.New...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eChildren who start school at the age of five show \"less positive attitudes to reading, and showed poorer text comprehension\" than those who started at seven years old. \u003cbr/\u003eThat's according to a recent study by a New Zealand university.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Zealand children can start school at any time between their fifth and sixth birthdays.  But exactly when is the right time?\u003cbr/\u003eThese young children are enjoying playtime at Willowbank Primary School in Auckland.\u003cbr/\u003eBut are they too young to be in school?\u003cbr/\u003eA report published by the University of Central Otago in New Zealand said children who begin school at the age of five show \"less positive attitudes to reading, and showed poorer text comprehension\" than those who started at seven.\u003cbr/\u003eMost children who attend school in New Zealand will start between their fifth and sixth birthdays.\u003cbr/\u003eDeidre Alderson is the principal of Willowbank School.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says in her experience there is no right time to start school, it all comes down to each individual child.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is no set best age. It is student dependant, child dependent and each school, each teacher will have a different reason and understanding of when a child should start. So in New Zealand we start children from five years of age until they are six but that does not necessarily fit every single child.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAround the world children begin their schooling at different ages. In Britain children can start school at four years old while in Finland and South Africa it is not until seven.\u003cbr/\u003eBut what is the best time for a child to enter the school system?\u003cbr/\u003eAlderson says there are clear signs when a child is ready to start.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Children who can follow an instruction. You know, 'do this' and they go and do it. Children who are inquisitive, who are looking for interesting things. Children who are happy to engage with other children - they are all things that show readiness towards school,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eHere in Miss Swindlehurst's class it is activity time. These children are five years old and most have been at school for around two terms of the school year (about six months).\u003cbr/\u003eThey are learning to follow instructions, to motivate themselves and to start and finish activities like cutting and sticking.\u003cbr/\u003eAs well as social activities and tasks to help co-ordination and dexterity, the children are also doing exercises which help them with learning to read.\u003cbr/\u003eLearning to read, along with learning to write and early numeracy, are among the first sets of skills children will learn at school.\u003cbr/\u003eDeidre Alderson says having an early grounding in reading at home, being read to and having time to play with books, helps children when they come to learn to read for themselves.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is very important that children are being read to, are reading with and reading by, if you like, so that a child can independently look at the pages in a book, can turn the page, know the top and the bottom, know that it (the story) is sequential, can look and talk about a picture in a book but being read to so they are listening to language and playing with language,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003ePassion is five years old and is learning to read. She is having a 'guided reading' session with her teacher, part of an effort to help her learn to read with only her eyes and not use her finger to follow the words.\u003cbr/\u003eThere is disagreement around the world as to what age is best for children to start school.\u003cbr/\u003eSome believe it is better to start earlier while others think early formal education is damaging to younger children.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the head of British school inspectors OFSTED believe children should be at school from age two.\u003cbr/\u003eTom Nicholson is Professor of Literacy Education at Massey University in Albany, just north of Auckland.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is an expert in how children learn to read.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says it really doesn't matter when a child starts school:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Children start school at different times of the year - in some places four, in some places five, six, seven, eight. And it turns out that what happens is that although children who start earlier are ahead initially, by about age ten the ranks have closed and they are all reading at about the same level. So in a lot of ways it doesn't matter at what age that you start,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eNicholson says a child's reading abilities level out by the end of primary school.\u003cbr/\u003e\"When we've tracked children who start early in New Zealand, say age five, by the time they are ten, yes children in the United States have caught up with them but they are ahead of  children in the United States right through until age eight or nine. So it does give them an early start�It doesn't lead to a long term advantage.\"\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Nicholson says reading at home is vital in helping children to read when they get to school.\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the evidence shows that if you walk into that classroom and you know your letters and you know your sounds and you know how words are composed of sounds then you are prepared, you are ready to go.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStarting school is a huge milestone for a child, it can be daunting and exciting. Every child also reacts differently to their first day at school.\u003cbr/\u003eWhat can parents do to help their children, be they four or seven, be ready to start?\u003cbr/\u003eDeidre Alderson suggests a few things:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Either attending early childhood (education, such as kindergarten, pre-school or nursery) or just going along to a local park and having opportunities to play. Doing early alphabet, teaching the child how to write their own name is great, to recognise that name. Be able to sit still for a couple of minutes, listen to a story, share a story with a parent. All of those things are important.\"\u003cbr/\u003eTucking into their lunch boxes with their friends, these young pupils clearly seem to be enjoying their early years at school.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDannemora, Auckland - 18 August, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Children at Willowbank School in Dannemora, Auckland during playtime laughing at camera, UPSOUND: (English) \"Welcome to Willowbank School.\"\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of children playing on playground equipment \u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid low shot of children going down slide \u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of children playing during school playtime \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of sign reading: (English) 'Willowbank Primary School'\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide exterior of Willowbank School, pan right to mosaics \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of mosaic of dragon \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deidre Alderson, Principal of Willowbank School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is no set best age. It is student dependant, child dependent and each school, each teacher will have a different reason and understanding of when a child should start. So in New Zealand we start children from five years of age until they are six but that does not necessarily fit every single child.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Cutaway of sign reading: (English) 'Leap Into Learning'\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deidre Alderson, Principal of Willowbank School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Children who can follow an instruction - you know, 'do this' and they go and do it. Children who are inquisitive, who are looking for interesting things. Children who are happy to engage with other children - they are all things that show readiness towards school.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide exterior of classrooms\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid interior classroom, children coming into classroom \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of teacher Miss Swindlehurst setting activities \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of activity board \u003cbr/\u003e15. Pull of boy cutting and pasting activity \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of children looking at early alphabet books \u003cbr/\u003e17. Girl reading words she has written to a teaching assistant, including real and made up words \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close over the shoulder of boy using computer \u003cbr/\u003e19. Pull from sign on wall featuring commonly used words\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of boys making a story with picture cards \u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of boy explaining the story \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide pull of classroom, teacher encouraging children to listen to instructions \u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deidre Alderson, Principal of Willowbank School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is very important that children are being read to, are reading with and reading by, if you like, so that a child can independently look at the pages in a book, can turn the page, know the top and the bottom, know that it (the story) is sequential, can look and talk about a picture in a book but being read to so they are listening to language and playing with language.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of teacher Miss Swindlehurst having a guided reading session with pupil called Passion, who is five \u003cbr/\u003e25. Various close ups of Passion reading \u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of guided reading session\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAlbany, Auckland - 18 August, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of Massey University main building, pull out \u003cbr/\u003e28. Close up of university sign \u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of university library \u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid of Professor of Literacy Education at Massey University Tom Nicholson looking at children's books in library \u003cbr/\u003e31. Nicholson looking at book \u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Nicholson, Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Children start school at different times of the year - in some places four, in some places five, six, seven, eight. And it turns out that what happens is that although children who start earlier are ahead initially, by about age ten the ranks have closed and they are all reading at about the same level. So in a lot of ways it doesn't matter at what age that you start.\"\u003cbr/\u003e33. Cutaway of hands\u003cbr/\u003e34. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Nicholson, Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When we've tracked children who start early in New Zealand, say age five, by the time they are ten, yes children in the United States have caught up with them but they are ahead of children in the United States right through until age eight or nine. So it does give them an early start.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) Reporter's Question:\u003cbr/\u003e\"But that doesn't lead to long term�\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Nicholson, Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It doesn't lead to a long term advantage.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. Cutaway of books on library shelves\u003cbr/\u003e36. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Nicholson, Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the evidence shows that if you walk into that classroom and you know your letters and you know your sounds and you know how words are composed of sounds then you are prepared, you are ready to go.\"\u003cbr/\u003e37. Exterior of Willowbank Primary School \u003cbr/\u003e38. Children eating snack in playground \u003cbr/\u003e39. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deidre Alderson, Principal of Willowbank School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Either attending early childhood (education, such as kindergarten, pre-school or nursery) or just going along to a local park and having opportunities to play. Doing early alphabet, teaching the child how to write their own name is great, to recognise that name. Be able to sit still for a couple of minutes, listen to a story, share a story with a parent. All of those things are important.\"\u003cbr/\u003e40. 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