Tip #91 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) - Reading Variety
Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.
#91
Variety
is the Spice of Reading
You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
~Doug Floyd
As a parent, you want to
encourage your child to read. Most experts agree the best way to do that is to
read, read, read. You may think you need a library full of books at home to
make that possible, but that’s not necessarily true. Don’t get stuck thinking
that to be reading, your child must have an actual book. There are many different
sources of reading materials besides books, and encouraging your child to read
them helps expose your child to different genres. It also may help your child
learn to love reading more.
Become aware of the
different opportunities in your house and in your child’s life for reading.
Perhaps your child would love a subscription to a nature or animal magazine.
Kids love getting mail addressed to them and might be encouraged to read it
cover to cover if it is just for them. If your child likes comics, let him
check out them out from the library. There are some kid-friendly “graphic
novels” that many kids feel success with because they are high-interest without
as many words as a chapter book. If your family gets the newspaper, look for an
article that may also interest your child and read it to him if he is young, or
encourage him to read it himself if he can. Be a role model yourself and let
your child see you read different kinds of materials. Find a reason to ask your
child for help using a thesaurus to find a better word for something you are
writing or using a dictionary to look up a word that is in something you are
reading.
The goal is twofold: have
lots of different kinds of reading materials around the house and encourage him
to try out many of them. Whatever encourages your child to read, let him read
it so he will simply read more. If he reads more, he will become a better
reader. When he becomes a better reader, he will naturally want to check out
tougher books/ material. So, don’t be too quick to take away a comic book he
may be reading. Reading something he loves, like a comic book or a magazine,
can help promote his reading habit. The more he reads the better his
comprehension will be; his vocabulary will increase, and his reading rate will increase.
Don’t focus on him reading the “right” material; simply encourage him to read
whatever he likes and eventually he will move on when he is ready to.
Cindy McKinley Alder Patti Trombly
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