Adventures in Early Childhood Development

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SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: #7

Ideally, you will coordinate the language and vocabulary with what you present via technology. The best part is that you, the parent, can and should always be with your child when either TV or the computer is “in charge” of your child’s attention. Delayed recordings of children’s shows provide you with the ability to show selected parts of a show that your child would especially enjoy. Attention spans are short, and viewing should be, as well. There’s always another day and another time. More is not better.

SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: #6

Over the years of opening the world to your child, there will be so many things that you can do to connect the books you read, to your child’s reality:

SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: #5

It’s time to share another step along our journey to reading. This concerns the realization of the strange looking “marks” on some of the pages in your books. These marks are the keys that open and share each book’s story. Your child needs to know that reading is talk, written on the page. Each book is telling you something to share with your child….not just words. This is the guiding step to reading comprehension. Understanding and remembering what the words tell us is the meaning of reading. It’s why we read.

SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Part 2

Reading aloud with your child is the most important thing you can do to help your child read. Be satisfied that you are taking steps toward independent reading each time you share a book aloud. You are beginning at infancy and you will continue for many years. Children who are older and can read independently still enjoy read-aloud time at home (and at school). There is always a book to share, too.

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