Just a few things to help your child be excited about reading
… Talk about the book's characteristics…the cover, author, illustrator,
other books the author may have written that your child might recognize?
… Predict what the story might be about…
… talk about the pictures…
…start by telling the story just by looking at the pictures… I will always remember a little boy I had in Kdg. He told me once “The pictures are for kids that can’t read the words…when I asked about the words…the words are for kids that can’t read the pictures…
…make reader/text connections…this is like when I
… it makes me think of…
… accept and praise your child at his/her attempts to read
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