Comments on: 5 Reading Resources for Parents http://www.modernmami.com/parenting/parent-reading-resources/ Parenting and Work-Life Balance Stories from a Working Mother and Business Owner Tue, 21 May 2013 20:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Melanie (Modern Mami) http://www.modernmami.com/parenting/parent-reading-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-7251 Melanie (Modern Mami) Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:32:10 +0000 http://www.modernmami.com/?p=849#comment-7251 @parenting BY dummies, Thank you so much for all the great tips! Those are really useful. I definitely need to take her to the library more often, but it gets really hard when I’m at work during the week. :)

]]> By: Preschooler's Reading Collection: Must-Have Books | ModernMami™.com http://www.modernmami.com/parenting/parent-reading-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-7243 Preschooler's Reading Collection: Must-Have Books | ModernMami™.com Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:31:19 +0000 http://www.modernmami.com/?p=849#comment-7243 [...] I gave you some resources for helping your kids learn to read. Then, I told you about one of our favorite books, Knuffle [...]

]]> By: parenting BY dummies http://www.modernmami.com/parenting/parent-reading-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-7122 parenting BY dummies Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:35:53 +0000 http://www.modernmami.com/?p=849#comment-7122 I’m a former teacher so this might be cheating. But, I’m gonna give the ideas that I used suggest to parents and things that I actually do myself.
1. Fill your house with print. Newspapers, magazines, children’s books, adult books. Anything with words that your child can be exposed to even before he or she can read.
2. Interact with the print and encourage your child to do the same. You are a wonderful literacy role model for your child. Let him or her see you reading for pleasure and share some of what you are reading. Also, encourage your child to look at a book or magazine instead of watch TV.
3. Read to your child. Even grown ups like to be read to, so regardless of your child’s age be sure to carve out sometime that you can share a story in which you do the reading.
4. Take your child to the library. When I was teaching 8th grade in Oakland, CA you’d have been amazed to learn how many kids had not been to the library. Kids need to know that the library is not only a resource, but a place to have fun and be entertained. One good way to get toddlers and preschoolers into the library is through free story times many facilities offer. Even the smallest baby can benefit b/c it helps develop a habit for the future. A lot of moms of young preschoolers gripe about how misbehaved their child is at the library. If you start them at 6 months they will be accustomed to the culture and expectations of the library.
5. Share a variety of experiences with your child. Go to plays, visit museums, enjoy long walks. All of these activities expose your child to environmental print; words they will quickly recognize if seen in a future story. Also, this variety of experiences helps your child develop various other key elements important for learning to read, like inference, drawing conclusions, and making predictions.

Sorry to hijack your post, I guess I got a little carried away:)

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Five resources for parents to help their children learn to read….

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