Reading with Children

Before reading:

• Help your child make a personal connection to the book.
• Set a purpose.

During reading:

• Make predictions.
• Pause occasionally and review what has happened so far.
• Reread the book and read it differently.
• Ask questions:
  • What did you see?
  • What did you notice?
  • Why do you think that happened?
  • What are you thinking now?
  • What surprised you?
  • What have you learned?
  • Does this remind you of anything you have done before?
• Use pictures.
• Encourage you child to predict what will happen next.
• Reread to clarify meaning.
• Relate what your child read to his own life.
• Act out parts of the story or use different voices for different characters.
• Name and describe objects and events.
• Point out things of special interest.

After reading:

• Make personal connections.
• Create reenactments.
• Perform retellings.