READ TO YOUR CHILD: Children can start down the road to becoming readers from the day they are born!
WHEN CHILDREN FIND OUT THAT READING WITH A LOVING ADULT CAN BE A WARM, HAPPY EXPERIENCE, THEY BEGIN TO BUILD A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING!!
1) Make Reading a Pleasure....Read to your child in a comfortable place. have her sit on your lap or next to you so that she can see and point to the print and the pictures. Show him/her that reading is fun and rewarding.
2) Show Enthusiasm as you read with your child.....Read the story with expression, make it more interesting by talking as the characteristics would talk, making sound effects, and making expressions with your face and hands. When children enjoy being read to, they will grow to love books and be eager to learn to read them.
3) Read to your child Often.....Set aside special times for reading each day, may be after lunch or at bedtime. Reading times can be brief about 5 to 10 minutes at the begining.
WHEN CHILDREN FIND OUT THAT READING WITH A LOVING ADULT CAN BE A WARM, HAPPY EXPERIENCE, THEY BEGIN TO BUILD A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING!!
1) Make Reading a Pleasure....Read to your child in a comfortable place. have her sit on your lap or next to you so that she can see and point to the print and the pictures. Show him/her that reading is fun and rewarding.
2) Show Enthusiasm as you read with your child.....Read the story with expression, make it more interesting by talking as the characteristics would talk, making sound effects, and making expressions with your face and hands. When children enjoy being read to, they will grow to love books and be eager to learn to read them.
3) Read to your child Often.....Set aside special times for reading each day, may be after lunch or at bedtime. Reading times can be brief about 5 to 10 minutes at the begining.