Reading with Your Child

• Reading with Your Child

Twenty minutes a day is all it takes to buld key reading skills.

Here are are seven ways to build a better reader from birth to age five!

1.  Create reading rituals and

    read together every day.                       

2. Snuggle up close with a book.                                                                                                                      

3.  Talk about the pictures and                                                         

4. Share different kinds of books.  

5.  Read with expression.

6. Read favourite books again and again.

7. Record yourself reading and play it on car trips or as an alternative to television.

 

'good readers are made on the lap of a parent'

The link below offers some valuable insights into the value of reading with and to your child:

Why Read?