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 Consult your local library for a wide selection of age appropriate books for
your child. The children's librarian is helpful in making book selections with
you.
- Always read the books yourself before you share them with your child. Be
familiar with the story for appropriate content. Also, it is more fun for you
and your child if you like the book too.
- State the title and author of the book.
- Show enthusiasm before, during and after reading any book. Get involved with
and excited about the story. Point to the pictures as you are reading the story
in order to emphasize what is happening.
- Be dramatic when you read. Change the tone of your voice. Read faster in
some places and slower in others. Use different voices for different characters.
Help the story come to life!
- Interact and involve your child in the story. Read with rather than to your
child. Show the pictures while you read; have your child point to the pictures;
talk about the story when you are done. React positively to children’s
comments with verbal and nonverbal responses.
- Ask questions such as, "What do you think will happen next?"
"What would you do if you were...?" "How do you feel about this
story?" This encourages language development and critical thinking.
- Read the comics from the newspaper together (children love cartoons).
- Take books with you wherever you go and read when children need a
distraction.
- Encourage older children to read to younger siblings.
- Set aside a time when everyone in your home reads. Children will learn by
example.
- Take trips to the public library and encourage use of the school library.
- Discuss the stories that you have read with your children.
- Subscribe to a children’s magazine.
- Read stories at bedtime.
- Have your child clip out coupons from the newspaper with you before a
shopping trip.
- Put the names of objects on cards around the house.
- Put together a picture dictionary with your child by cutting out pictures
from magazines that start with each letter of the alphabet.
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