building reading skills in kids

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Contents

Useful Tips : Preschool

Kindergarten & Above

Toys & Tools to build reading skills

Useful Websites

Our favorite books and workbooks


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Useful Tips: Preschoolers

Start with Level 1 books that have a simple sentence on each page

If they are stuck on a word encourage them to figure it out by:

Using the picture on the page

Trying to guess what the word could be

If they seem reluctant to sound out and read each page alternate with them

Pause and ask questions to see if they are understanding what they have read

At the end of 2 pages ask them to recall the new words that they have learnt


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Useful Tips: Kindergarten & Above

Help them identify the key character(s) in the book

Encourage them to break up the story into a beginning, middle and end

Ask leading questions what someone is feeling, what might happen next

Kids love to feel in control - switch roles and let your child ask you questionsabout the story

Draw connections or differences between whats happening in the book withreal life situations

At the end ask them to recall their most or least favorite parts of the book


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Toys & Tools To Help Develop Reading

Alphabet blocks and puzzles

Fridge Phonics toys by Leapfrog

Tag System of Learning by Leapfrog

Learning laptops

Games such as Go Fish and Zingo to encourage letter and word matching


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Websites to Develop Reading & Comprehension

For Reading Skills:

Starfall (www.starfall.com) Roy The Zebra (www.roythezebra.com)

ABCya! (www.abcya.com)

For Comprehension:

Read Theory (www.readtheory.org)

RHL Schools (www.rhlschool.com)

Scholastics Book Wizard: (www.scholastic.com/teachers)

Helps to find books of the right reading level

Search for books by various Reading Level gradations(DRA, Lexile etc.)

Easier still use the BookAlikeR function to find books similar to theone your child is reading


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Our Favorite Books & Workbooks

Books:

Preschool:

From Head to Toe Eric Carle

Petes A Pizza William Steig

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit - Beatrice Potter

Kindergarten+:

The Little Engine That Could : Watty Piper

The Velveteen Rabbit: Margery Williams

Just-So Stories: Rudyard Kipling

Workbooks:

Character workbooks by Disney:

Disney World of Card Reading Workbook

Disney Princess Reading Comprehension Workbook

Kumon workbooks:

My Book of Writing Words

Grades (1+) Reading

Leapfrog - Beginning Reading Skills and Workbook

Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension


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