Welcome to Evergreen Elementary's Reading
Room
January Reading
Ideas
10 Ways for Parents to
Encourage Reading
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Taken from Source:
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RIF Parent
Guide Brochure
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Ages:
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9-12,
13+
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http://www.rif.org/parents/
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The following are some ways to turn
a young reader's reluctance into
enthusiasm:
1. Leave all sorts of reading materials
including books, magazines, and colorful catalogs in conspicuous
places around your home.
2. Notice what attracts
your children's attention, even if they only look at the
pictures. Then build on that interest; read a short selection
aloud, or simply bring home more information on the same
subject.
3. Take your children to the library regularly. Explore
the children's section together. Ask a librarian to suggest
books and magazines your children might enjoy.
4. Present reading as an
activity with a purpose; a way to gather useful information for,
say, making paper airplanes, identifying a doll or stamp in your
child's collection, or planning a family trip.
5. Encourage older
children to read to their younger brothers and sisters. Older
children enjoy showing off their skills to an admiring
audience.
6.Set aside a regular time for
reading in your family, independent of schoolwork, the 20 minutes
before lights out, just after dinner, or whatever fits into your
household schedule. As little as 10 minutes of free reading a
day can help improve your child's skills and
habits.
7. Read aloud to your child, especially a child who
is discouraged by his or her own poor reading skills. The
pleasure of listening to you read, rather than struggling alone,
may restore your child's initial enthusiasm for books and
reading.
8. Encourage your child to read aloud to you an
exciting passage in a book, an interesting tidbit in the newspaper,
or a joke in a joke book. When children read aloud, don't
feel they have to get every word right. Even good readers
skip or mispronounce words now and then.
9. Limit your children's TV
viewing in an effort to make time for other activities, such as
reading. But never use TV as a reward for reading, or a
punishment for not reading.
10.
Not all reading takes place between the covers of a book.
What about menus, road signs, food labels, and sheet music?
Take advantage of countless spur-of-the-moment opportunities for
reading during the course of your family's busy day.
Susan Brummitt
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530-1355
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