Activities Parents can do with Different Ages of Children:



Activities Parents can do with Different Ages of Children:

Family Reading Activities

(Read your child a short story or fairy tale slowly and dramatically. Then you and your child illustrate a part of the story you each liked best. Write a few sentences about what you each are thinking.

(Create a personal word dictionary! Help your child write a letter of the alphabet at the top of every page in a notebook. Write down new words he or she is learning with the corresponding letters.

(Send your child little notes – they can be put in a pocket, under a pillow, or in a lunch box for example. Your child can then write YOU notes.

(As you write your grocery shopping list, give your child a sheet of paper and dictate the items to him. If you use coupons, ask your child to look through them and select the ones you can use. Take him to the supermarket and ask him to read each item from the list as you shop.

Reading with Children 4-6

There are many things that parents can do to help their children grow as readers. Here are some tips to build your child’s reading confidence as you read together.

(Follow the words with your finger from left to right as you read them.

(Read books your child chooses, even if you have read them many times before!

(Point out key words in the story and explain words that your child may not know.

(Ask questions like, “What’s happening now?” “Where did he go?” “What do you think will happen next?”

(Answer your child’s questions, even if they interrupt the story.

(Encourage your child to look at the pictures for clues to the story.

(Put aside a book if your child isn’t interested, and pick another one.

(Allow time after reading to talk about the book, and invite your child to re-read parts of the story with you.

THINGS TO DO TO ENCOURAGE READING WITH YOUR CHILD

( pre-K, kindergarten, first grades)

1. Read daily to your child – even if all you have is 10 minutes.

2. Reread stories and as your child gets to know the story, pause

and let her finish the sentence.

3. Put magnetic letters on the refrigerator and spell out words your

child can copy like her name, “cat” “dog” “mom” and “dad”.

4. Read alphabet books and then help your child make his own by

cutting out and gluing magazine pictures to the pages of paper.

5. Have plenty of markers, crayons, pens, paper on hand and

encourage kids to make books, write, and draw.

6. Ask your child to tell you a story about what she has drawn.

Write her words on the paper and read it back. Also, ask your

child to retell a story she knows.

7. Encourage children to “try to spell the word”. They may look like

nothing more than strings of letters but this is how children

connect sounds to letters; they are thinking and learning.

8. Label furniture in your child’s room. Ask your child to read words

on billboards, cereal boxes, and signs.

9. Visit the library with your child weekly – children love having their

own cards. Purchase used children’s books from yard sales.

10. As your child begins reading aloud, let mistakes go as long as

they don’t change the meaning of the story. For example, if the

sentence is “She ran up the hill,” and the child reads, “She is

running up the hill,” don’t correct it. If she reads , “She rain up

the hill,” ask if it makes sense. When correcting, do it gently.

HOMEWORK – WHAT? WHY? WHEN? WHERE? HOW?

( Put homework first on your child’s “Things to do” list.

( Establish a homework routine.

( Make sure supplies are readily available.

( Turn off the TV during homework time, even if your

child studies in another room.

( Before beginning, spend a few minutes asking

questions about the assignment.

( Avoid a major homework hassle by having your child

do the first few items, then you check them.

( Check in periodically during homework time to make

sure your child is focused and on task.

← Sometimes just being there makes the child think

you’re helping, but they are doing the work.

← Praise your child for his/her efforts!

Be specific – really motivating & guiding.

← Drinking water and doing physical movement helps us think clearly!

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← Let the teacher know exactly where your child is having trouble.

( Learn the teacher’s routine – spelling test every Friday?

( Save old magazines to provide pictures for homework.

( Drill math facts with flash cards.

( Teach your child to measure to the quarter inch.

( Hang a U.S. map in your child’s room.

( Many parents feel like they have a “weakness” in one subject or

another . . . use other resources or another person to help.

( Teach your child to think. During commercials (or in a book) ask

your child what might happen next, or why he thinks the main character did what he did.

( Make your child a better thinker by asking “Why?”

( After asking a question give your child time to think.

( Honor your child’s opinions.

( Ask your child to teach you something she learned at school

( The more senses that are involved, the better! Learning takes place

more thoroughly when you hear, see, touch.

( Never give up on your child. Your child needs you. Nothing in the

world can replace a parent’s love and encouragement.

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