Tips for Reading with your Child

Infants:

1. Read to your child as often as you can.
2. Talk about books /characters / plots.
3. Enrol your child in the local library.
4. Provide a good role model by reading yourself / other family members.
5. Keep audio tapes of familiar stories to play in the car.
6. Vary the type of books read – stories / poems / information.
7. Accept your child’s efforts with praise.
8. Concentrate on what he /she got right.
9. Make reading together enjoyable.
10. Take part in school based initiatives like ‘Shared Reading’.

1^st – 2^nd Class:

1. Continue to read to your child every day.
2. Read some of the books your child enjoys so you can discuss them with him/her.
3. Encourage your child to read to younger brothers/ sisters.
4. Ensure that your child knows that you value and enjoy reading yourself.
5. Make sure there is a wide variety of reading material in your home – newspapers, magazines, information, cookery books etc.
6. Enrol and encourage your child to visit the local library once a week…
7. Discuss favourite authors.
8. Encourage your child to read articles / headlines in newspapers.
9. Encourage your child to guess unknown words.
10. Take part in school based initiatives like ‘Shared Reading ’