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Nurturing Reading Skills: Engaging Your Child Through Books

Discover the vital role you play in fostering a love of reading in your child. This guide emphasizes the importance of reading for language, imagination, and problem-solving skills. Learn how to create a reading routine that captivates your child's interest and aids their development. Engage with them through discussions about stories and pictures, and explore alternative reading materials if they resist books. With tips for making reading enjoyable, you'll help your child become a confident, active reader. Remember, you are their first teacher!

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Nurturing Reading Skills: Engaging Your Child Through Books

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  1. News for next week School Photographs – Monday and Tuesday Orion’s Birthday 2014 – Friday

  2. Friday 18th January 2013

  3. Why read? • Develops language • Develops imagination • Develops concentration • Opens up new worlds • Solving problems • Understanding others • Bonding • Relaxation • A life skill

  4. Did you know?Your child is born a reader!

  5. “Children are made readers in the laps of their parents

  6. Your child’s first teacher is... YOU!!!

  7. How can you help your child?

  8. Learn to love books

  9. Let your child choose

  10. Make up the wordsTalk about the pictures

  11. Read Aloud

  12. Make reading part of your child’s routine

  13. Little ones – cuddle and read

  14. Pre- reading skills • Parts of the book • Where are the words? • Talk about the story? • What do you like? • What don’t you like? • Fill in the words

  15. Skills of inference A hard skill to learn but very important. It is being an active reader – using your existing knowledge to draw conclusions and make connections Taking things you know about and applying them to other situations. We infer without thinking when we watch TV/movies – look at body language/gestures etc

  16. My child doesn’t seem to want to read. What can I do?

  17. Alternative to books?

  18. Make it competitive/Offer reward? Make it fun! National competition coming soon

  19. Read for my school competition coming next week… Fantastic reading challenge

  20. Top tips for parents • Let your child repeat after you • Repeat books over and over • Read to your child • Tell your child they have tried hard, give them a tip to improve if you can • Do not try to read with your child when they are hungry/tired/upset • Give your child time • Don’t get frustrated with them • Make reading a routine part of the day

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