Motivating Your Child to Read

Motivating Your Child to Read

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Take regular trips to the library

Allow children to choose their own books

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Create successful reading situations•Easy text•Repetitive Texts

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Example of Repetitive Text:

The Bitaba BirdBy Carol Moore

http://www.magickeys.com/books/bitaba/index.html

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Allow for multiple readings of a book(It’s okay to read a book over and over again!)

Explore Alternatives to Books for Reading

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online stories and reading games

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children’s newspapers

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Children’s Magazines

Sports Illustrated for Kids

National Geographic Kids

Highlights for Children

Ranger Rick Magazine

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http://www.sciencekids.co.nz

Challenge children to read as many books as they can in a given period of time

Reading Challenge!

Think about your own attitude toward reading

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Build Family Literacy

story time

library trips

family reading goals

recipes

map/ directions

email/texts

grocery listsnewspaper articles

religious materialsgames

sports

Don’t give up!

Take the full course to learn more reading strategies to use with your child!

Creating Better Readers through Storytime: A Parent’s Guide to Reading Instruction

http://www.reading.thinkific.com

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