Tips to Help Your Child Become a Better Reader
(And Love Books!)
- Set aside a special time for home reading everyday.
- Make reading time as pleasurable and comfortable as possible.
- Notice when your child seems to tire. A book can always be finished the next day.
- Try different way of reading:
- Listen to you child read.
- Read to your child.
- Read along with your child.
- Have your child read silently and then share with you.
- Have your child predict what will happen next.
- After reading, talk about the story and illustrations.
- When you child gets stuck on a word:
- Wait for a while so they can think.
- Have them look at the picture for a clue.
- Remind the child to look at the first letter, read the line again and make a guess.
- Some things you can look and listen for when your child reads:
- Was the reading fluent or word-by-word?
- Does the child pay attention to punctuation?
- Do the errors make sense?
- Do the errors look like the word in the story?
- After an error, does the child self-correct or keep going?
