Four tips to help Moms inspire their children to not just read, but to become an engaged, critical thinking, lifelong reader. And practices for reading development can be fun, and not a chore, for both parents and their children. These Tips are from Dr. Carolyn Jaynes, PhD -
Teaching Kids to Learn to Love to Read:
Tip #1
Hunt for words wherever you are. Play “find the letter” games with your children in the car, at the park, wherever your day takes you.
Tip #2
Find ways to bring books to life. When you read aloud, “voice” the characters and add drama to the narration. Educational products like LeapFrog’s Tag Reading System can foster independent and shared reading time by encouraging children to bring books to life on their own.
Tip #3
Go on a rhyming treasure hunt. Help your child find items in the house or around the town that rhyme with a chosen object. Turn it into a song.
Tip #4
Play beat-the-clock. Help your child link objects to names by opening a book or magazine and asking her to point to and name as many letters, numbers, objects or colors as she can in 30 seconds.
Fabulous tips! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe also play games with letters where we try to think of everything we can that starts with that letter.
ReplyDeleteFun ideas, thanks!
I would love to add a comment for older readers...you know, the ones that are losing interest in books...
ReplyDeleteMake it naughty!!! Seriously, I have a 10 year old who is an avid reader - but we have had to find things to keep him that way...for instance..."its your bedtime you need to go to bed now"...and just dont notice that he is reading much later than his bedtime...bit naughty!
The other one is to let him read out of his age level - this can be a bit tricky. Since last year (aged 9) he has been reading teen books. I tend to surreptitiously vet them for him - I work in a library and often bring books home for him (prechecked). He loves the fact that he is reading books that others are not allowed to read...ie Twilight saga etc. We just have a rule that he asks me if anything bothers or confuses him in the books - this has only happened once and gave me the opportunity to discuss condoms with him!
The final thing, which I am really lucky with...I get proof copies from publishers sometimes - so I always try to pass these onto him - again, he is reading something that no one else has read yet...I have just passed him a book due to be published in Feb 2011...
I know these tips might not suit everyone, but my son is an avid reader and has a reading age of 14 yrs and 10 months. It works for us.
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