Top 10 tips for reading with your child
1st Class
1. Read to your child as often as you can.
2. Talk about books / characters / plots.
3. Enrol your child in the local library.
4. Provide a good role model by reading yourself / other family members.
5. Keep audio tapes of familiar stories to play in the car.
6. Vary the type of books read – stories / poems / information.
7. Accept your child’s efforts with praise.
8. Concentrate on what he /she got right.
9. Make reading together enjoyable.
10. Take part in school based initiatives like ‘Shared Reading’.
2. Talk about books / characters / plots.
3. Enrol your child in the local library.
4. Provide a good role model by reading yourself / other family members.
5. Keep audio tapes of familiar stories to play in the car.
6. Vary the type of books read – stories / poems / information.
7. Accept your child’s efforts with praise.
8. Concentrate on what he /she got right.
9. Make reading together enjoyable.
10. Take part in school based initiatives like ‘Shared Reading’.
2nd Class
1. Continue to read to your child everyday.
2. Read some of the books your child enjoys so you can discuss them with him/her.
3. Encourage your child to read to younger brothers/ sisters.
4. Ensure that your child knows that you value and enjoy reading yourself.
5. Make sure there is a wide variety of reading material in your home – newspapers, magazines, information, cookery books etc.
6. Enrol and encourage your child to visit the local library once a week...
7. Discuss favourite authors.
8. Encourage your child to read articles / headlines in newspapers.
9. Encourage your child to guess unknown words.
10. Take part in school based initiatives like ‘Shared Reading ’
Reference:
PDST, Guiding Comprehension Teaching for Meaning
PDST, Guiding Comprehension Teaching for Meaning