The Power of Reading to Your Child

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The Power of Reading to Your Child
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Begin with the End in Mind!

• If your childs doctor told you that you could
  possibly prevent your child from ever having
  health problems in the future, what would you do?
  Would you jump at the chance?

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What about Reading?

• Research shows that reading TO your child is the
  single most important factor in contributing to
  his/her reading success.
• What are your current thoughts about
• reading to your child/children?
• -quiz ?

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What in the World Do These Numbers Mean? Why are
they important?

• 1
• 10
• 15
• 25
• 85
• 1000
• Hint Look out for and listen for these numbers

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What does the research tell us about reading in
general?

• Reading is fundamental!
• 85 of all learning relies on being able to read
• The more a child reads, the better they
• read.

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Hmmm

• So, I bet your question is How will my child
  become a better reader if I am the one doing the
  reading?

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Think About It

• If we have to talk to children in order for them
  to learn to talk, what does that say about
  reading?
• - Mem Fox

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Lets Brainstorm!

• How might reading aloud to your child/children
  help them to become
• better readers ?

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The Basics

• Children have to understand the spoken word
  before they can read and understand the words in
  a book.

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The Connection of Reading to your Child and
Language Development

• A childs brain is only 25 developed at birth!
• The crucial connections that determine how
  clever, creative and imaginative a child will be
  are already laid by the time a child turns 1.
• -Mem Fox

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The Connection of Reading to Your Child and
Language Development-continued

• Reading to your child usually initiates
  conversation about the story and the pictures.
• You are able to help your child make
• connections to life experiences, other
• stories and what may be happening
• in the world.
• You have the opportunity to
• introduce your child to new
• vocabulary.

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Some of the Possibilities

• Your child will gain a sense of story and realize
  that meaning is the foundation for reading.
• You will introduce your child to book language.
• Ex. Once upon a time, They lived happily
• ever after.
• Modeling will enable your child
• to learn basic concepts about
• print (how books and print work).

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Reading to Your Child also Provides Optimal
Opportunities for Developing Comprehension !

• Making Connections (relate the story/book to
  themselves, to other books, or events going on in
  the world)
• Making Predictions about what may
• happen
• Drawing Conclusions/Inferring
• Retelling and Summarizing

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Other Benefits You May Have Not Considered

• Reading aloud helps children acquire active
  listening skills
• Reading aloud aids in teaching children how to
  concentrate/build stamina
• Reading aloud helps children become
• thinkers and problem solvers
• Reading aloud helps children
• learn to express their thoughts

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The Most Important Benefit

• Developing a Connection and Bonding with your
  Child!!!

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So What Can You Do as a Parent?

• Begin reading to your child ASAP!
• Read a variety of books. The types of books will
  change over time (examples).
• Make reading enjoyable!
• Consistent Routines-(15 minutes)
• Relaxing and comfortable environment
• Books that interests your child-Favorites
• Organize into boxes or baskets
• Incorporate writing
• Make books (photo album activities)

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What You Can Do as a Parent-cont

• Take your child to the library
• -It is most beneficial if children have heard
• 1000 stories read aloud before learning to
• read on their own!
• Bring books to read on a car trip,
• or let them hear books on tape.

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What You Can Do as a Parent-cont.

• Limit the time that your child spends playing
  video games and watching TV!
• Did you know that research shows that your
• child should spend no more than 10 hours
• per WEEK watching TV?
• Research also shows that the more
• a child watches TV, the less proficient
• they become and grades often drop.
• -Jim Trelease

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Some Reminders for an Effective Read Aloud
Experience

• Always read the title, the author and illustrator
  and talk about the front of the book.
• Look at the pictures first to get an idea about
  the story before reading a book to your child for
  the first time.
• Point while you are reading.
• Let your child turn the pages.
• Talk about the story and the
• pictures.

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Additional Reminders

• Ask questions while reading the book to make sure
  your child is understanding the story.
• Look for opportunities to play little games with
  the stories/book to teach concepts.
• Have a discussion about the book
• at the endbut dont quiz them.
• Help them build connections with
• real life experiences.

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Make it FUN!

• Read in different character voices
• Sound expressive and change your speech to fast
  or slow for dramatic effects
• Make sure you grab your childs
• attention on the first line/page
• Dont act as a teacher, but an
• entertainer instead
• If a book has been made into a
• movie, go watch it together

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What is the Payoff?

• It conditions the child to associate reading
  with pleasure. If they associate reading with
  pleasure, they will more than likely choose to
  read on their own. If they choose to read on
  their own, they will likely become a successful
• reader. If they become a successful
• reader, they will probably be a
• successful student. And if they
• become a successful student, imagine
• what they can become!!!

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Dont Believe Me?

• Research shows that students who read the
  most-read the best, achieve the most, and stay in
  school the longest REGARDLESS of race,
• sex, nationality or socioeconomic
• background." -Jim Trelease

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A World of Endless Possibilities

• The more you read the more things you will know.
  The more that you learn the more places youll
  go.
• --Dr. Seuss