The Road To Reading: Take The Right Path
As parents, how do you know what to do to give your child all of the opportunities that you can? For many of us, the answer is obvious”we teach our children to read. We have all heard it many times in our lives”reading opens doors, but the question now becomes which reading skills are the most important to teach my child so that he will be on the right path on the road to reading. Research supports what our mothers just seemed to know”read and read and read more. The most crucial step a parent should teach a child about reading is how to enjoy it every day.The full explanation can be found at http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/116159.aspx Read aloud, especially when you are reading an article or story that really captures your own attention. Point out to the child the details about the writing that make it interesting to you. A parent should read stories that will engage the child”tales with catchy rhyme schemes, stories about the child’s favorite activities, or just books with amazing pictures.
Secondly, a parent should show their child the connections between the strange symbols that we call letters and words and the way they make meaning for us. A kindergarten teacher once reminded a group of parents that children are “reading” when they recognize the capital M associated with a popular restaurant. As your youngster is noticing symbols like this, show him a letter or a word and exaggerate the sound it makes. Pick out letters seen in your every day life and repeat the sounding out process as you make it a point to connect the letters to the meanings.
To keep your child on the right path on the road of reading repeat these strategies often. Remember that the more you read with your youngster, the more he will read for himself.