Love for reading in Prek & Kinder

HOW TO PROMOTE READING FROM CHILDREN?

Early Childhood Education is the foundation of everything, including the love of reading.

Our children love to be read and told stories, but we can do many more for them, such as those proposed here:

To start talking about READING, and they way we can have fun by doing so, we can start with an important general idea: The need of reading ALSO after school.

Why isn't the family going to help with reading?The family environment is an important factor in helping children with learning, in general. Families can contribute to provide an environment that encourages positive developments in the reading of the youngest students:

• Talk with your children. Gradually they will increase their vocabulary, stimulate them to ask questions about everything that interests them, surround and answer them. The more words they hear the more words they will know and the more words they can use in their daily conversation.

• Listen to them and teach them how to listen to others. The more you talk and appreciate what you say, the better you can develop appropriate language patterns.

• Read them. Every time you read, you are developing your love and interests for books and for reading; by reading you are helping them acquire a more elaborate language, which is ideal for their intellectual development.

HERE YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT CAN HELP YOU TO GET IT

• Turn off the TV. Make it normal to have it turned off. Turn it on only to see a specific program. Television, in addition to distracting attention, does not encourage reading.

• With younger children, look at children's picture books and tell stories. Stay alert to what you are interested in each time, to provide books that speak of it.

• When you start reading, help you choose books of interest. You can ask your teachers for information, in libraries or bookstores.

• After reading a book, talk about it together. Let him realize that for you the book is an important thing, as it will be for her or him.

• Often visit the library with your son or daughter. Explain how and where you can get the books, and where you should leave them. Give him time to look at them and read them, even if he does not know the letters yet.

• Have your daughter or child see you enjoying a book, magazine or newspaper. Tell them what you think about reading and invite them to participate.

• Read with him or her for at least 15 minutes a day. EVERYDAY. And value these moments as true acts of communication and fun; never as an obnoxious obligation.

• Take advantage of the moment when your sons and daughters go to read stories and stories with them. Get accustomed to reading a few minutes every night.

CONCRETE READING ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN DO AT HOME

• Read to your son or daughter. Show them the various forms of literature through the writings: stories, poetry, comics, comics, journalistic narration, ... Show them also different texts that we can see at home customarily: bills, letters, recipes, cinema, the notes we send from school, and all the written texts you have.

• The stories are the first contact of the boy and the girl with the books. When you tell or read a story you create a fantasy world that allows you to stimulate your child's imagination. Apart from having fun, they can be used to introduce new vocabulary, to use new expressions of the language, to learn to listen, to attend, to read.

• The stories that come out on TV replace those you can tell them. The exchange is different. The words read are not directly associated with any image, which causes a freer development of the imagination.

• Look for bookstores, books, stories, magazines of interest for your child, according to their age and interests. Learn to choose what you like, while you guide.

• Read a story but skip a word from time to time. Ask him to say a word that fits the meaning of the phrase.

• Write words on tokens and ask them to associate them with drawings or objects at home. Write several letters in chips and ask your child to make words.

• Take responsibility for a family calendar where you have to register and keep up with family events: parties, anniversaries, birthdays, trips, excursions ...

• If there is a computer give your son or daughter the opportunity to use it. Maybe start by putting your names or by copying phrases from your favorite book.

• Have her look for photos she likes in old magazines. Ask him to cut them and put titles to each one. Make them cut out words from newspaper headlines or commercials. Have them stick on a notebook and draw pictures in relation to those words.

• Leave some time to sing songs or nanas with your son or daughter. Ask him to repeat his favorite children's songs or those we sing in class.

• Cut out comic strips from the newspaper or magazines and ask your child to put the bullets in the correct order.

• Ask her what words she would like to learn. Write them down in sheets and have your child place them alphabetically or by topic in a specially prepared box.

• While preparing the meal, ask him to help you by reading parts of the recipe or by making a special menu.

• Before the family embarks on a trip, have your child help with the preparations by writing a list of things to take, reading the road map ...

• Read a story and ask him to invent a new title.

• Read part of a story but skip the end. Ask him to come up with a new ending.

• Constantly ask your son or daughter about the "why" of things, not only about the stories you read, but also about everyday incidents in the home or neighborhood.

• Ask your son or daughter about your favorite part of the book or story you just read. Tell her.

• Use the newspaper as a reading textbook. Ask your child to locate certain articles in different sections of the newspaper.

• When you go shopping at the supermarket, have your son or daughter help you make the shopping list, and then check that you are buying everything.

• When you receive letters or emails from friends or relatives, let your children read the parts that interest them, and also take care of answering some words.

• When you go on the street with your son or daughter, read together the posters of the stores, the names of the streets, the commercials.

• And of course everything that happens to you.

If your child picks up a story and sits down to look at it and goes through the pages telling it to their shape, they are already taking the first step toward reading. I love it when I see that they do it in the corner of the library.