First
Grade
Family Support for Reading
- Read aloud daily
- Visit bookstores and libraries regularly
- Watch Reading Rainbow on T.V. together
- Expose your child to computer games and CD-ROM games related to
reading (like Reader Rabbit and Magic Schoolbus)
- Read lots of different things aloud (like stories, poetry,
recipes, letters, history, science, directions, etc.)
- Subscribe to a magazine (like Sesame Street, Ranger Rick, or
Highlights) and read it together
- Find books with pattern, rhythm, and rhyme that help children
as they first begin to read on their own
- As you read together, ask your child to predict what might
happen next or talk about how the book or article relates to your child's' life
- Once in awhile make a mistake while you are reading and
problem-solve with your child about how to figure out what would make more sense
- Retell stories with your child in your own words after reading
a story
- Talk about the characters in the books you read. Ask
questions like, "Does that character remind you of anyone you know or anyone else in
another book?"
- Keep a list of "favorite books we've read" or
"your favorite books" or a wish list of "books to buy."
- Talk about interesting words, authors and illustrators
- Ask friends and relatives to give books as gifts
- Encourage your child to read to friends, children in your
family or other relatives
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