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1. Helping your Child to Read

2. 10 minutes a day! Quality time – the best time in your child’s day Stress free- when you relax, your child will relax Have fun – the aim is to have your child want to read tomorrow

3. Strategies to try

4. Book Orientation – setting your child up for success How? Take two to three minutes to talk about the book Talk about the title Discuss the illustrations Find unusual words If it is a chapter book, read the first chapter together Why? Gives your child an idea of what the book is about Introduces your child to the vocabulary of the book Allows your child to hear the names of unfamiliar characters or places

5. NIM (Neurological Impress Method) How? Read aloud while your child mimics the words slightly behind you Track words by moving your finger under the lines in a fluid movement Model good reading – read in your normal reading voice Why? Builds your child’s confidence and focuses on comprehension Allows your child to experience what it sounds and feels like to be a fluent reader

6. Echo Reading How? Negotiate to read a sentence, paragraph, or page You read a sentence, paragraph or page and the child rereads (echoes) the same section Continue taking turns Why? Builds your child’s confidence in sounding like a fluent reader Provides a model good reading Focuses on understanding and fills gaps in understanding

7. Shared Reading How? Negotiate to read a sentence, paragraph, or page Take it in turns to read a sentence, paragraph, or page Why? Takes the anxiety out of reading. The reader hears you read unfamiliar words Ensures comprehension is maintained as any meaning that is lost is restored when you read the next sentence Provides a model of good reading

8. Paired Reading How? This strategy is used when a book is familiar to the child, or the child can read it independently Multiple copies of the same book could be used or the same book could be shared Why? Read along together Enjoy the pleasure of sharing a book

9. Prompting When your child comes to a word he does not know: WAIT... Avoid eye contact Keep your eyes on the page Give your child TIME to piece together the clues Readers need time to look ahead, reread, skip words, and pick up clues or information from the illustrations ...IT TAKES TIME

10. Prompting When you child substitutes a word that does not make sense say: Does that make sense? Try that again, go back to the beginning of the sentence Read on to collect more information Avoid jumping in to rescue your child! Being the instant word factory does not support your child in becoming an independent reader.

11. Prompting Give praise after the reading. Praise the reading not the reader. Reinforce and support good reading habits by responding with: I liked the way you read ahead I like the way you worked out that word by using the clues in the sentence I liked how you self corrected when you read the word incorrectly I liked how you did not stop and get worried about that word. You kept on reading to gather more clues.

12. Choosing a book Readers need to make choices about what they read for pleasure Readers need to explore books and find books they love When you allow your child to choose a book, you are saying: “I trust you to be able to make the decision” and “I respect your interests”.