Help Your Child Become A Good Reader
Are you a parent? Do you want your child to improve his or her reading skills? Parents know their children well and can contribute to improving reading skills.
One of the simple but important tips is to read out loud to your children. Children reluctant to reading will get enthusiastic seeing their parents reading aloud. A parent who reads will serve a wonderful example for his child.
Provide your children with lots of interesting reading material. Books or magazines should be everywhere: in the kitchen, in the bedroom and even in the car. The library or online library habit will make your child become an interested and good reader.
Mind your attention to vocabulary, phonetics and comprehension skills. Phonetics should be introduced first. If the child has difficulties with pronouncing some words, sound them out and make your child repeat the word several times.
Ask your child questions about what he thinks about the characters and to summarize the text.
Writing will also affect the process of developing reading skills. Ask your child to write down new, difficult words and then pronounce them in a loud voice.
Make images with their names printed on them so your child can read the names by looking at the pictures. This method contributes to fluent reading.
Your child should think about the purpose of reading. For better understanding advise him to pay attention to the title, introduction and conclusion of the text first and only then start reading. If the text is too long for him he should break it into segments. If he has to read a text of two pages, it would be better for him to read the first page and after a while the next page. If he doesn’t understand, he can reread the text.
It is always good when the parent is ready to help his child in reading and writing activities. The earlier you start helping your child the quicker he’ll become a good reader.
Mind that whatever is interesting is easily remembered. So, make the reading process an interesting activity for your child. And most importantly, don’t forget to praise your child.
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