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Tips for reading with your child:

  • Help your child think about what he or she has just read

  • Ask your child to retell the story

  • Ask your child to make predictions about what will happen next

  • Help your child compare and contrast what he or she is reading with real life

  • Talk about the different characters

  • Share each other's favorite parts of the book

Things you can do at home:

Make your home a reading home

  • Provide 20-30 minutes of uninterrupted reading time every day

  • Find a comfortable spot where your child can read

Read out loud to your child

  • This is a time to have fun

  • Read with expression, laugh together

  • Discuss books with your child

Have your child read out loud to you every day

  • Ask your child to read to you and other family members

  • Try and arrange that your child reads for at least 20 minutes daily

  • Focus your conversation on the meaning of the story

  • Don't focus on mistakes (by focusing on mistakes, you can cause your child to lose the desire to read to you)

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