You can be a positive force in your child’s education. How?
Read to your child. Find time to read to your child every day. Point to the words as you read. Draw attention to words that you run across in daily life, such as traffic signs, billboards, notices, and labels.
Be a good role model. Show your child how important reading is to daily life. Make books, magazines, and other reading materials available for your child to explore and enjoy independently.
Focus on the sounds within words (phonemes). Play rhyming games, sing songs that emphasize rhyme and alliteration, sound out letters, play word games, and point out similarities in words.
Encourage reading fluency. Have your child read a short passage several time while you record the time it takes. Children often enjoy seeing if they can improve their time, and the repetition helps establish fluency.
Work on spelling. Point out new words, play spelling games, and encourage your child to write.
Help with time and planning. Hand up simple charts, clocks, and calendars, so that your child can visualize time and plan for the future.
Share in the joy of reading. Find books that your child can read but that you will also enjoy. Sit together, take turns reading, and encourage discussion. Revisiting words that cause trouble for your child and rereading stories are powerful tools to reinforce learning.
Read, read, read. Read to and with your child. This can make a positive difference in learning basic reading skills.
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