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Book It

The Importance of Reading To Your Child

By Marie-Helen Goyetche

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Key Ingredients For Successful Reading:

  • Find something interesting to read.

  • Change your tone of voice, use low and high pitch, use squeaking sounds, whistles and other mouth noises.

  • Involve your child in the reading.

  • Discuss with your child the people in the story and what happened.

  • Play with the ending, e.g. What happened to ...? What if...?

  • Most important -- laugh and have fun with your child.

When the child follows the story line, letter recognition develops. Try adding an extra word in the story -- your child will tell you know that he's heard the difference. You'll also be enhancing your child's love of words. A child that is read to will grow up to be a reader. Reading is one of life's essential skills. Could you go a day without reading? Later on in your reading sessions, your child will associate the picture with the word and those pre-reading skills are golden.

What to Read
Mom and daughter, reading Books, picture books and even homemade picture stories are inexpensive and are available from the supermarket, drugstore and even the dollar store. Borrowing books from the local library is a frugal way to read to your child and their supply is always renewing. Grandparents, aunts and other family members are often at a loss when it comes to birthdays and other gift-giving holidays. Suggest an age-appropriate book club or magazine subscription. There are many sites on the Internet available with children's stories.


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