Tip #107 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) - Fun with Newspapers
Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.
#107
Fun in Newspapers:
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
~ Austin Phelps
Many people these days get their news electronically. Perhaps you still get an actual newspaper. Whichever way your family gets its current events or how your child might get his in the future, reading the news is one common form of informational reading that most people do. Nearly every job involves reading in some way, to some degree, but regardless of the type of career your child ends up choosing, he will still likely need or want to read the news. Therefore, it is not a bad idea to help him get familiarized with a newspaper now and make it fun while you are at it! Try these fun activities:
● Talk about the front page and what gets to go on it. Why?
● Read the titles of the front page articles and try to guess what the article is about. Read it. See if you were right.
● Find the want-ads. Take turns reading them to each other, leaving out the item itself. See if you can guess it.
● At the message center (Idea #6), start a family chain sentence. Let your child start by cutting out one word from the newspaper and gluing it to a piece of paper. It will be the first word of a sentence so have him remember that while choosing. Then, choose someone to go next, and choose a second word to go with the first to continue the sentence. Continue until a whole (often silly!) sentence is complete. Though you could all sit down together to do this, it can take place over time, too. How fun to watch the sentence grow day by day!
● Try the crossword puzzle together as a family. Let your child see how you use a dictionary or ask for help when you can’t find an answer, too.
● Comic strips are like little plays. Assign each person a character in the comic strips and read aloud.
● A picture is worth a thousand words. Have him choose any picture from the newspaper and verbally create a story to match the picture he sees. Then, read the article and compare and contrast his made-up story with what really happened.
● After reading a few articles, create his own in a similar style. Have him write his own article about something that happened in the family. Maybe he can write about a recent soccer game his sister played, a description of his mom’s cooking preparation or review of her dinner, or a review of his brother’s piano recital—anything goes! Have him read his finished article to the family.
● Go “job hunting.” Take turns picking a job want-ad and seeing what parts sound like fun—or not.
● You could even throw in a little math by reading the advertisements and making up math problems to go with them. Of course, let your child make up some for you to solve, too!
All of these activities are designed to bring a little fun to reading the news. It is a lifelong skill to be able to read and understand current events. Getting familiar with it now, while he is young, can have a lasting impact on your child.
Cindy McKinley Alder Patti Trombly
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