Reading+With+My+Child

You will play a very important role in your child’s reading success by reading with your child every day at home. There are a few steps that help encourage your child’s reading growth:


 * 1) Take a “picture walk” of the book - Look at each page with your child and talk about the pictures.
 * 2) Use the pictures to read the book - This is especially important for our emergent readers who are just starting to recognize written words.
 * 3) Track your reading – As you read, touch each word. Encourage your child to do the same thing as this will increase word awareness and accuracy.
 * 4) Re-read – Keep your child’s books for a few days and read them several times. This will increase your child’s reading confidence as well as his/her fluency.
 * 5) Ask questions about the book – At various points of the story, stop and ask “what do you think will happen next” or “what has happened so far”. At the end of the book, ask your child what the story was about. These questions will help your child become more aware of what they are reading and will help improve their comprehension.
 * 6) Most important of all – Enjoy your reading time! Snuggle up on the couch or in bed with your books and help foster your child’s love of reading!