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Reading Tips
- Read aloud to your child every chance you get, at bedtime, waiting in the doctor’s office, before dinner, listen to audio
books in the car, and read traffic signs, bill boards, help your child "read the world". This is the most important activity you
can do to help your child become a successful reader.
- Turn off the T.V. and the Video Games and talk about the events of the day, share family stores, play Clue or Candyland,
write a note to Grandpop or read a recipe and bake some cookies.
- Select books that are fun to read out loud. Books that you enjoy send a message about the pleasure that good books offer.
Folktales, pattern nursery rhymes, books, stories with surprise endings are always a treat.
- Find a special place in your home where you can read comfortably without interruption. This "magic place" might be anywhere
as long as it nurtures a feeling of love and support. Make "reading time" wonderful.
- Read with passion and excitement, ask your child to join in repeating lines "I’ll huff and I’ll puff…" Don’t be afraid to
ham it up.
- Be willing to read their favorite books over and over and over again. Children gain a sense of confidence and comfort
learning the same stories more than once. For many children they become so familiar with the text that they can "read" it on
their own, and this is a great reader beginning (being born).
- Be a Reading Model – James Bal once said, "Kids may not listen to us, but they sure do watch us". Your child needs to see
his parent or someone who spends time reading. It can be the newspaper, a magazine or a novel.
- Don’t turn reading into a task, keep a positive attitude, don’t force it. If a child isn’t ready for a story, try again
later. Generally once we set up a Read-Aloud routine most children look forward to the time together.
- Connect books to events in your child’s life. Before visiting the zoo, read about their favorite animal, if your going on
a trip read the travel brochure, introduce them to a map of the journey, museums.
- Help your child see how books are organized. Point out the different ways to print work, such as: words are separated by
spaces, words are read left to right, books are written by authors, and drawn by illustrators. Introduce them to world of
children's literature by pointing out a word, etc.
- Bring a book to dinner. One night a week ask everyone to bring their favorite book to share. The older kids, and parents
can read a passage a younger child can share a favorite illustration.
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