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Hints for Reading With Your Child

By: Debbie Cluff, Sat Dec 10th, 2005 12:40:40 AM

It is important for your child to be successful in education, that is why parents understand this list of helpful hints in teaching your child phonics and reading. If you need additional help in this area, Check Out Our Online Tutoring Program, for our online tutoring or homework help site.

* Read Aloud to you child every day. This is perhaps the most important thing you can do to help your child become a reader * Read and reread your favorite nursery rhymes to reinforce the sound patterns of the language. Enjoy tongue twisters. * When you child is already familiar with whatever you are reading aloud, you can run your hangs over the words to help your child associate spoken words with the written form * Read and discuss the alphabet books together and make alphabet books of your own * Children need to hear 1,000 stories read aloud before they begin to learn to read for themselves. That's 2 stories a day! You can do it! Free books can be dowloaded at www.links-for-learning.com * By the age of one, children will have learned all the sounds that make up the native language they are going to speak. But they can't learn to talk unless they're spoken to. The more we talk and read to our children, the brighter they will be. Reading Problems are difficulty to fix, but really easy to prevent. * If you want to help your child learn letter/sound relationship you might read Dr. Seuss books with your child and notice some of the letter/sound clusters as you enjoy the book * Take your child to the library and obtain a library card. Make it a regular habit. * Encourage your child to watch PBS instead of a cartoon. Compare the books they read on these shows with other books. * Consider obtaining books on tape. * When sharing literature that has some interesting sounds elements and patterns. * Share what you are reading with your child! * Have a go to bed with a book policy

For additional information on helping your child read please email Links for Learning at info@links-for-learning.com.

About the author: Debbie Cluff is the owner of Links for Learning, www.links-for-learning.com, an online tutoring and instant homework help site for K-12th grade in Reading, Writing, and Math. She is the oldest of 10 kids, mother of 2 (expecting one more), and a devoted wife. She has her B.A. in Liberal Studies from CalState L.A. and a Master's of Education.

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