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Reading Tips for Sharing Books With Your Child
1. Make reading a daily event and part of your child’s regular routine.
2. Allow your child to sit close and help turn the pages of the book.
3. Read your child the title, author’s name and illustrator’s name.
4. Take time to look at the pictures and talk about what might happen in the story before reading the book.
5. Read with expression and varied voices for different characters.
6. If the story has a repeating pattern, encourage your child to say it with you.
7. Ask questions as you read. This is the most important part of sharing books. Time taken to discuss story lines and pictures helps your child’s comprehension and ability to read independently later.
8. Leave off the end word of sentences and have your child supply the word. This is a fantastic way to share a rhyming book.
9. Read a variety of types of books. Visit the local library to broaden your child’s reading selection.
10. Model reading in the home. Reading from recipes, newspapers, ads, labels, and books are all practical ways to share the reading experience.
11. Read while on the run! Sharing words seen on the road or on storefronts are some of the first reading your child will do. Recognizing that print is everywhere is exciting for young children.
12. Expand on the reading experience by having your child write, draw, or create. A child can tell about a favorite part, favorite characters, the story sequence, or create new endings through these experiences.94 Things a child can read other than books and magazines . . .
1. baseball cards 51. grocery lists
2. cereal boxes – other packaging 52. clues
3. songs and songsheets 53. match covers
4. clocks 54. shoe boxes
5. brochures 55. labels on canned goods
6. posters 56. chalkboards
7. bulletin boards 57. toothpaste
8. recipes 58. medicine bottles
9. comic strips 59. pencils and pens
10. cue cards 60. telephone books
11. warranties 61. report cards
12. signs 62. notebook covers
13. newspapers 63. placemats
14. tags 64. greeting cards
15. TV guides 65. postcards
16. instructions for games 66. gum wrappers
17. letters, notes, and cards 67. paint cans / spray cans
18. directions for building models 68. garden supply containers
19. experience charts 69. candy wrappers
20. graffiti 70. bubble gum comics
21. gasoline pumps 71. toy labels, wacky packages
22. dashboard 72. cancelled checks, deposit slips
23. license plates 73. “wanted” posters
24. food labels 74. wallpaper
25. billboards 75. dishes, glasses
26. menus 76. tickets
27. want ads 77. movies, subtitles
28. CD/DVD labels 78. parking meters
29. catalogs 79. envelopes / bags
30. thermometers 80. scoreboards
31. marques 81. program books
32. rebus stories 82. tombstones
33. graphs 83. horoscopes
34. card games 85. computer games/ screens
35. crossword puzzles 86. reader’s guide
36. maps 87. labels at museums, zoo, parks
37. fortune cookies 88. vending machines
38. T-shirts 89. birthday/holiday cakes
39. bumper stickers 90. fuses
40. word search puzzles 91. patches
41. aisle markers 92. book signs
42. stamps 93. door signs
43. television ads 94. engravings