Reading to Your Child
There is More to Reading to a Child Than Parents Realize!
While most parents realize the importance of reading to their child, this alone, is not enough to ensure that the child will be a good reader. It is important to know how to gain the most from this experience.
1. Parents should read only a short passage to their child, and then stop to discuss the story.
2. They should ask the child questions about what they have read or simply, ask the child to tell them what the passage is about.
This is a wonderful way to gain insight into the child's comprehension skills. Many children sit quietly and seem to be attentive when someone is reading to them, but take in very little of what is being said. Checking their attention and comprehension helps them to understand that getting information from what is being read is very important and something that Mom and Dad watnt them to learn.
3. Parent should be aware that many children do not know the meanings of words in a story. Therefore, It is also essential for the parent to stop and discuss meanings of words or to ask the child to tell them the meaning of particular words in the story. Children need to define the word and use it in a sentence. Often children think they know the meaning of a word, when actually they do not know the exact meaning.
Building your child's word meaning knowledge by discussing words and their meanings should be an ongoing event. It can be done anywhere, at anytime. While driving in the car, at a museum, during a home conversation, parents should use advanced words and then explain the meanings to the child. Even pre-schoolers can learn advanced vocabulary if they are presented with it. All too often parents are concerned that their child will not understand them if they use an advanced word and yet, the majority of children are perfectly capable of learning advanced vocabulary.
The advantages of learning vocabulary is limitless. It puts the child in a better situation to comprehend all subjects at a higher level, making school work easier for the child, helping the child to achieve at a higher level.
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