Reading+strategies

Reading strategies/activities
1. You may want to stop your child from time to time in reading to ask questions about the characters or events in the story. 2. Give your child opportunity to choose the reading material. Let him/her pick books based on interests or hobbies. 3. When you read to your child, read with lots of expression or take on a special voice for each character. 4.Share the reading. Take turns reading paragraphs or pages. 5.Encourage your child to read a variety of material - books, newspapers, fliers, magazines. 6.Set aside a special time each week for all familiy members to read together. 7.Be sure your child sees you and other members of the family reading. 8.Stop every so often during a new story and ask your child what he/she thinks will happen next. Help your child make predictions about future actions, and then read on to see what does happen. 9.Ask your child to illustrate the most exciting (saddest, scariest, funniest) part of the book. 10. When your child wants to play a familiar game, ask him/her to tell you the direcitons in the proper order or to write them down. With a new game, ask your child to read the directions to you.