We support St. Paul Reads! This program challenges students to read 25
books per year to establish a culture of reading at home and in school.
Here are some tips for reading to and with young children: * Keep reading to your child even when your child can read alone.
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Try reading books with chapters and talk about what is happening in the
story. Encourage your child to make predictions about what will happen
next and connect characters or events to those in other books and
stories.
* Talk with your child about which stories she
likes best. Ask whether she likes adventure stories, mysteries, science
fiction, animal stories, or stories about other children. Encourage her
to explain the reasons for her preferences.
* Talk with your child about favorite authors and help him find additional books by those authors.
* Take turns reading
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a story with your child. Don't interrupt to correct mistakes that do not change the meaning.
* Talk about the meaning of new words and ideas introduced in books. Help your child think of examples of new concepts.
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Enjoy yourself and have fun when you're reading together. The most
important thing you can do to help your child become a successful
reader is to let him know that you enjoy and value reading.
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Talk with your child about stories using the notions of the beginning,
middle, and end of the story to organize thinking and discussion.
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Ask your child to tell why a character took the action that he did.
Then ask him what in the story made him come to that conclusion.
Taken from A Parent's Guide to Raising Ready Readers - and Keeping Them That Way, a joint project of NEA and National PTA.
