Parents frequently ask us how they can help their child at home.  The answer is simple; the most important homework  in Kindergarten is reading together.  Please remember to use your Raz-Kids account.

 

Reading To Your Child:

 

• Try to make it a habit to read daily (10 minutes a day is better than 30 minutes every three days).

• Establish a regular reading time.

• Read also when your child asks you to.

• Make sure that your child can see the book easily.

• Before you start, read the title, look at the cover, and wonder together what the story will be about.

• Let your child pick the story often.

• You may point to each word or slide your finger under the text as you read.

• Make reading fun - use different expressions and character voices.

• Spend lots of time talking about the book - before, during and after reading.

• Stop when your child indicates that he or she has ahd enough.

• Read and reread your child's favourite stories.

• Enjoy!

 

Reading With Your Child:

 

• Choose a book to read or reread (one of your child's favourites). Pattern books (i.e., books with the same word pattern repeated throughout) work well.

• Hold the book together.

• Share pointing to the words as you read together.

• Echo read by reading one sentence, and then letting your child read the same sentence.

• let your child take over when he or she is ready to try it on his or her own.

• Enjoy!

 

Reading By Your Child

 

• If the book is new to your child, go over the title and the cover and predict (wonder out loud) what the book will be about.

• If the book is familiar to your child, let him or her get right into the tect by reading it to you.

• If your child gets stuck on a word, prompt her or him with one or more of the following:

  • Check the picture to help predict the word

  • Try using the beginning letter(s)/ sound(s) to figure out the word

  • Look to see if there are any parts of the word that you know.

  • Skip the word and read on to at least the end of the sentence. Can your child figure out the word now?

  • Ask what word will make sense.

• Don't let your child get frustrated by spending a long time trying to figure out the word. If he or she has tried unsuccessfully several times, tell him or her the word.

• Talk about the story:

  • What did you like?

  • What didn't you like?

  • Do you want to read it again?

• Praise your child's reading efforts.

• Enjoy!