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Helpful Reading Tips
One of the most important most important life skills is reading. Your child can become a fluent and enthusiastic reader by providing them with experiences that will help lead them to success. Here are some ideas to help create a good climate for reading with your child:
* Read with your child for at least 15 minutes a day.
* Find a quiet, comfortable place to read. (No TV, radio, etc.)
* Encourage silent reading time foreveryone in your home.
* Let your child read to you and read aloud to your child.
* Talk about what you and your child read.
* Ask questions throughout reading the story, for example:
a. Predict what will happen next
b. Why something happened
c. Compare the text to a personal experience
d. How would they solve the conflict in the story
* Let them retell the story in their own words, discuss their favorite
and funniest parts, or something they learned from the story.
* Make available a variety of books, so your child can choose and
feel a sense of power over his or her reading - fairy tales, fables,
picture books, mysteries, biographies, nonfiction, riddles,
rhymes, poems, songs, etc.
* Read different types of reading material - magazines, newspapers,
and/or comic books. There are many children's magazines to
subscribe to that your child would love to receive through the
mail.
* Let your child read to get information - such as recipes, game
directions, and toy instructions.
* Make sure your child has their own library card and take them
to the public library as often as you can.
* Encourage your child to take a risk by learning something new
and then praise him or her for trying their best.
By being patient and supportive at all times, and by praising your
child's efforts, you can help your child's love for reading grow so that it will become a lifelong wonderful learning experience.
* Read with your child for at least 15 minutes a day.
* Find a quiet, comfortable place to read. (No TV, radio, etc.)
* Encourage silent reading time foreveryone in your home.
* Let your child read to you and read aloud to your child.
* Talk about what you and your child read.
* Ask questions throughout reading the story, for example:
a. Predict what will happen next
b. Why something happened
c. Compare the text to a personal experience
d. How would they solve the conflict in the story
* Let them retell the story in their own words, discuss their favorite
and funniest parts, or something they learned from the story.
* Make available a variety of books, so your child can choose and
feel a sense of power over his or her reading - fairy tales, fables,
picture books, mysteries, biographies, nonfiction, riddles,
rhymes, poems, songs, etc.
* Read different types of reading material - magazines, newspapers,
and/or comic books. There are many children's magazines to
subscribe to that your child would love to receive through the
mail.
* Let your child read to get information - such as recipes, game
directions, and toy instructions.
* Make sure your child has their own library card and take them
to the public library as often as you can.
* Encourage your child to take a risk by learning something new
and then praise him or her for trying their best.
By being patient and supportive at all times, and by praising your
child's efforts, you can help your child's love for reading grow so that it will become a lifelong wonderful learning experience.