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To help boost a
child’s reading skills and make reading more
fun, try some of these easy ideas.
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Get a library card. Children love seeing their names on cards and they
enjoy choosing what they want to read or have read to them.
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Read with a child for at least 20 minutes every night. Choose from
a broad range of children’s books, including fairy tales, songs,
poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
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When dealing with beginning readers, point at each word as you read
it. This helps children learn that reading goes from left to right.
It also helps children understand that the word they say is the word
they see.
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No matter how shaky a child’s beginning reading skills might
be, let him read to you and be patient as he works it out.
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Talk with your children about the pictures in books and what is happening
in the story as you go along. This helps develop comprehension skills.
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Read your child’s favorite books over and over again. Children
love hearing certain stories many times. The repetition helps them
connect the sounds they hear with the written words.
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Invite younger children to join in when you read stories that have
rhyming words and lines that repeat.
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Point out new words and explain what they mean.
These easy steps help point children in the right direction when it
comes to developing an early love of reading.
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