Motivating Your Child to Read
• Learn more about your child's interests and suggest books, magazines, and articles that relate to those topics.
• Sometimes good movies are a starting point for pleasure reading — after seeing a movie based on a book, children will be motivated to read the book.
• Sometimes travel sparks reading, and finding books that relate to a place you visit on a family vacation can get a child hooked.
• Keeps books and other reading materials at home.
• Read books with your children! Children of any age can appreciate being read to.
• Be a good role model — let your children see you reading.
Try a hands on activity. There are many activities that tie in literacy themes.
Tips for Helping Your Child With Comprehension
Ask your child to retell the story in their own words.
During reading, pause occasionally and ask your child questions about the characters or story events.
Ask your child to tell you why a character acts a certain way and to give you information from the book that supports their answer.
Before getting to the end of the book ask you child to predict what will happen and why they think that.
Talk with your child about connections they make to the story. Connections can be text to text, text to self, and text to world.
How can I Help My Child With Fluency
Model good fluency to your child through read alouds.
Remind your child to stop at periods and take a short breath.
Point out different text size in the book to show that some words may be read with a stronger voice.
Parents, as your child's first teacher, your child has learned from you from the very beginning. Let your child see you read and show that reading is an important part of your everyday life.
• Learn more about your child's interests and suggest books, magazines, and articles that relate to those topics.
• Sometimes good movies are a starting point for pleasure reading — after seeing a movie based on a book, children will be motivated to read the book.
• Sometimes travel sparks reading, and finding books that relate to a place you visit on a family vacation can get a child hooked.
• Keeps books and other reading materials at home.
• Read books with your children! Children of any age can appreciate being read to.
• Be a good role model — let your children see you reading.
Try a hands on activity. There are many activities that tie in literacy themes.
Tips for Helping Your Child With Comprehension
Ask your child to retell the story in their own words.
During reading, pause occasionally and ask your child questions about the characters or story events.
Ask your child to tell you why a character acts a certain way and to give you information from the book that supports their answer.
Before getting to the end of the book ask you child to predict what will happen and why they think that.
Talk with your child about connections they make to the story. Connections can be text to text, text to self, and text to world.
How can I Help My Child With Fluency
Model good fluency to your child through read alouds.
Remind your child to stop at periods and take a short breath.
Point out different text size in the book to show that some words may be read with a stronger voice.
Parents, as your child's first teacher, your child has learned from you from the very beginning. Let your child see you read and show that reading is an important part of your everyday life.