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Tips for Reading to Young School
Age Children
from the National Education Association
Your child
has started school, but he still needs you to read to him at
home. Your child will do better in school, and you'll enjoy
the time spent together.
Here are helpful tips for reading to and with young children
in school, kindergarten through third grade:
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Keep
reading to your child even when he can read. Read books
that are too difficult or long for him to read alone.
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Try
reading books with chapters and talk about what is
happening in the story. Encourage your child to make
predictions about what will happen next, and connect
characters or events to those in other books and
stories.
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Talk with
your child about reading preferences that are beginning
to develop. Ask whether she likes adventure stories,
mysteries, science fiction, animal stories, or stories
about other children. Encourage her to explain the
reasons for preferences.
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Talk with
your child about favorite authors and help him find
additional books by those authors.
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Take
turns reading a story with your child. Don't interrupt
to correct mistakes that do not change the meaning.
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Talk
about the meaning of new words and ideas introduced in
books. Help your child think of examples of new
concepts.
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Talk with
your child about stories using the notions of the
beginning, middle, and end of the story to organize
thinking and discussion.
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Ask your
child to tell why a character might have taken a
specific action. Ask for information from the story to
support her answer.
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Enjoy
yourself and have fun. The most important thing you can
do to help your child become a successful reader is
communicate that reading is valuable and enjoyable.
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Get Ready to Read
from
the International Reading Association
Printable
.PDF sheet with suggestions for fostering a love of
reading.
Explore the Playground of Books
from
the International Reading Association
Great
tips on helping your child learn to read. Printable
.PDF sheet
Reading Is
Fundamental
Fun website for
the well known reading advocacy association RIF. Pages for
kids and parents.
Colorin’ Colorado
Colorin’
Colorado is a web-based service that provides information,
activities, and advice for educators, and Spanish-speaking
families of English language learners (ELLs).
Reading Rockets
Reading
Rockets is a national multimedia project offering
information and resources on how young kids learn to read,
why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
Read Across America -- Monthly reading related
activity ideas.
from the
National Education Association
Includes
13 Seuss-gestions.
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