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Home › Articles › Development › Ready, Set, Read!

Ready, Set, Read!

Parents Play Key Role in Developing Solid Reading Skills

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  • Read directions to your child when completing a project.
  • Subscribe to a magazine for your child (Ladybug, Your Big Backyard, Zoobooks, etc.) to learn about topics of interest to him. He will be excited about having his own reading materials.
  • Pick a storybook character (Arthur, Strega Nona, etc.) and pretend that character is coming for dinner. Help your child plan activities that character would like.
  • Help your child relate read-aloud stories to events in her life.
  • Read stories aloud and act them out.

    • Grades One to Three:
    • Subscribe to a magazine for your child (Spider, Ranger Rick, etc.) to learn about topics of interest to him. Make its arrival an event.
    • After reading a non-fiction story, ask your child why he thinks the author wrote the story.
    • Help your child create charts and posters about topics of interest to her.
    • Read picture books by the same author (Tomie DePaola, Bill Martin, Jr., etc.) and compare and contrast them: How are they the same? How are they different?
    • After reading a book with your child, discuss the book with her. Ask her to identify the characters, setting and problems in the book.
    • Help your child recognize how stories are similar to or different from his own life.
    • Encourage your child to read various types of texts: non-fiction, plays, stories, comics and/or magazines. Ask your child to explain which type she likes best.
    • Introduce your child to the library and plan special library visits together.

    Grades Four to Eight: