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Get Close. Let your child sit on your lap
or cuddle next to you as you read aloud. Children who are
comfortable and feel safe are more receptive to learning. Plus,
your child will associate reading with the warm, positive
feeling of being close to you.
Sound It Out. Make stories more interesting for your
child to listen to by using silly voices for different
characters, adding sound effects from the story and varying how
loudly and softly you speak. Exposing children early on to the
many different sound of language is an important part of
learning to read.
What Would You Do? Keep your child involved by pausing to
ask him about what is happening in the story and helping him
relate it to events in his life. Ask him what he thinks is going
to happen next. Talk about the story the next day, to reinforce
comprehension and memory
skills.
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One More Time. Although you may tire of
reading the same story over and over, this repetitive reading
actually helps your child recognize and remember words. It also
helps build sequential thinking and supports memory skills
development. As they draw upon their background knowledge and
begin to predict the outcome of a familiar story, children also
gain confidence.
Keep The Fun Going. Provide opportunities for your child
to extend the story in her own creative way through art, music,
drama, materials and props, discussion and her own rereading.
Listen Up. As your child develops his reading skills,
encourage him to read to you every day. This gives him a chance
to practice reading aloud in the privacy of his own home. It
also helps him develop fluency, so that recognizing words
becomes effortless. If he struggles with a word, help him sound
it out and talk about what the word means. And when he gets a
tough one right, be sure to congratulate him!
Source: National Center for Family Literacy.
For more information call (502) 584-1133 or visit
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