Simple Strategies for Creating Strong Readers
Through reading aloud, providing print materials, and promoting positive attitudes about reading and writing, you can have a powerful impact on your child's literacy and learning.
Invite your child to read
with you every day.
When reading a book where
the print is large, point word by word as you read. This will help
your child learn that reading goes from left to right and understand
that the word said is the word seen.
Read your child's favorite
book over and over.
Read many stories with
rhyming words and repeated lines. Invite your child to join in on
these parts. Point, word by word, as your child reads along with you.
Discuss new words. For
example, "This big house is called a palace. Who do you think lives in
a palace?"
Stop and ask about the
pictures and about what is happening in the story.
Read from a variety of children's books, including fairy tales, song books, poems, and information books.
Source: Reading is Fundamental