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FROM THE READING CORNER
Read aloud to your child. Research shows this is a probably the most important thing you u can do to encourage your child’s reading success. Here are some tips from Jim Trelease’s The Read
– Aloud Handbook, an excellent book to read before you begin:
- Begin to read to your child as soon as possible - no matter how young.
- Try to set aside time every day for reading aloud. You can start with just 10minutes daily.
- Remember that the art of listening is an acquired one. It must be taught and cultivated gradually.
- Vary the length and subject matter of your reading.
And here are some read -aloud don'ts, also from the The Read Aloud Handbook:
- Don’t read stories you don’t enjoy yourself.
- Don’t be surprised if your child interrupts with a lot of questions. Answer his questions right away.
- Don’t confuse quantity with quality. Your child will remember 10 minutes of reading together far longer than he’ll remember two hours two hours of television.
- Don’t compete with television. Trelease says that if parents ask children if they’d prefer a story or tv, kids will usually choose television. But, he says, “since you are the adult , you choose.” Tell your child the TV will be turned off at 8:30 – regardless. If he wants a story fine. If he doesn’t, that’s okay too. But don’t give your child the idea that books are the reason he can’t watch tv.
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