2018-2019 Reading Calendar
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Tips for Reading Aloud at home:
↪How to make time - Prioritize in order to make the daily reading an important part of your routine. Sometimes this means putting off a chore or choosing this time together over other things. It only takes about 15 minutes to read each chapter. Pause, Slow down, and Whisper.
↪Pause, Slow Down and Whisper are three tips that help reset your child’s attention span. It’s not a race. Children need time to absorb the story and create mental images of the happenings. Whispering will help your child to become more focused. It also heightens drama and suspense and can make the characters really “pop.”
↪Ask questions - Use the opportunity of reading a book together to ask questions before, during, and after. Kids love showing off their knowledge, and it gives your child a reason to pay even closer attention. Find out what your child is enjoying most about the story and what questions they have about what is happening or what predictions they have about what will happen next.
↪Permit another activity - Kids will get distracted for a good reason, they are kids: When pausing and whispering and slowing down aren’t enough, it’s okay to let them color or draw or doodle or braid their hair or wash the dishes to let their restless minds refocus on your story.
↪Accents and voices - Bring the characters to life!
↪Make Connections - Encourage your child to compare and contrast events from the story to their own life. Find out how they can relate to the characters from past or present experiences.
↪Have fun! - enjoy this reading experience together; laughing and learning about all the fun adventures of everyone's favorite classroom pet!
↪Pause, Slow Down and Whisper are three tips that help reset your child’s attention span. It’s not a race. Children need time to absorb the story and create mental images of the happenings. Whispering will help your child to become more focused. It also heightens drama and suspense and can make the characters really “pop.”
↪Ask questions - Use the opportunity of reading a book together to ask questions before, during, and after. Kids love showing off their knowledge, and it gives your child a reason to pay even closer attention. Find out what your child is enjoying most about the story and what questions they have about what is happening or what predictions they have about what will happen next.
↪Permit another activity - Kids will get distracted for a good reason, they are kids: When pausing and whispering and slowing down aren’t enough, it’s okay to let them color or draw or doodle or braid their hair or wash the dishes to let their restless minds refocus on your story.
↪Accents and voices - Bring the characters to life!
↪Make Connections - Encourage your child to compare and contrast events from the story to their own life. Find out how they can relate to the characters from past or present experiences.
↪Have fun! - enjoy this reading experience together; laughing and learning about all the fun adventures of everyone's favorite classroom pet!