For families who are opting to educate their children in a home school environment today, or for those who simply want to encourage their child's reading development at home, here are some excellent ways to promote reading skills every day.
1. Read aloud to your child - don't stop when they have learned to read on their own! Reading aloud can model fluency, reading with expression, and instills the concept that reading is a valuable way to spend time - so much so that Mom or Dad makes time for it every day, no matter how busy they are.
2. Let your child dictate and illustrate a story to you, and make sure you write down your child's exact words. Then type it up, print it out, and glue it under their illustrations to make a storybook. Now your child has a book he or she can read, using his or her own vocabulary!
3. Buy a pack of 3x5 file cards, and neatly print words and tape them to things is your child's room and around the house: clock, door, window, lamp, sink, etc. The more objects you can label, the better! Kids will soon be reading so many words, and they will feel so proud.
4. Collect some photos of favorite people, places, and activities in your child's life. Buy a simple composition notebook, and neatly print: All About (Your child's name) By Mom (or Dad) on the first page. Glue a photo on each page, and neatly print a short simple sentence beneath the photo. For example: Every morning, David helps feed Bozo the dog. Or: On special days, Grandma Nana and Grampy come to play with David! (These very special books were my own children's favorites for years - and have been set aside in their memory boxes!)
Make reading something you do every day, and your child will too!
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