THE CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY AGE READING STRATEGY WITH HORIZONT OF EXPECTATIONS TESTING – ONE PROJECT

Abstract

Reader strategy of exploring the horizon of expectations plays a significant role in the literary world as well as in the reader’s consciousness, as it encourages their engagement in interpreting the text and actively following the literary work. Textual actualization contributes to the creation of certain assumptions and later expectations, which can evoke psychological reactions in the reader. For the purposes of research, a project was implemented in an educational group of children aged 3 and 4 in a preschool institution in Belgrade. The conducted research was based on the Foundations of Preschool Education Program, focusing on the project-based approach to learning with the stimulation of exploring the horizon of expectations. The project revolves around three literary texts by Roger Hargreaves from the Mr Men series (Mr Greedy, Mr Nosey and Mr Grumpy), which contain questions for exploring the horizon of expectations within their narrative. The aim of the project is to examine children’s reading experience and the verbalization of expectations and conclusions based on explicit and implicit information in the text at specific moments. Based on the obtained results, the level of development of children’s modest reading experience was determined.