Improve reading skill through Pictures

 Reading is an important skill in language learning. For beginners, reading should start with simple and interesting activities. Picture cards with alphabet or short stories are very useful tools to develop reading skills step by step. Mostly they help for beginners to understand word, actions and meaning.

This picture-base reading skill begins in preschool, the first stage of a child’s learning. Picture cards shows clear images to get ideas about that and understand what is it. For example,



  • How to teach

1.Show the picture card of alphabet A and B

2.Ask student “What is this?”

3.Say the word “Apple” and “Ball”

4.Student repeat it.

5.Show the picture with alphabet letter.

6.Say the word “A for Apple” and “B for Ball”.

7.Students read the sentence aloud together.


  • Skill Developed
  1. Picture-base reading
  2.  Grab word
  3. Pronunciation practic
  4. Reading clearly 
Picture story also help learners understand reading in an easy and enjoyable way. Picture stories give the meaningful story. When learners see pictures with a story, they can understand the story even before reading the story. This builds confidence and interest in reading.

For example,



How to teach

  1. Show the picture story.
  2. Ask student “What is this?”
  3. Say the story about “Crow and fox”
  4. Talk with student about the story.
Start story step by step

  1. A crow sits on a tree with cheese.
  2. A hungry fox comes near the tree.
  3. The fox praises the crow.
  4. The crow opens its mouth to sing.
  5. The cheese falls down.
  6. The fox takes the cheese and runs away.
Skill Developed

• Reading aloud

• Confidence in reading

• Reading with understanding

• Sentence comprehension

• Reading clearly

In conclusion, picture cards and picture stories support step-by-step reading development. Learners move from looking at pictures to reading words, then sentences, and finally full stories.So, these are powerful tools for developing reading skills. They help learners understand, enjoy, and succeed in reading.


                                              By Wathsala

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