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First Grade is a time where your child's love for reading will flourish. Please remember to help your child fill out his or her reading log each night. Here are some great reading tips you can try with your child!

Read aloud to your child.

 

Choose material (books, magazines, comics) based on topics your child finds interesting. Ask your child questions about what has just been read. (The Who, What, Where, When and Why of a story.)

Create an alphabet of pictures.

 

Choose a sound and ask your child to cut out pictures of things that begin with that sound. Have your child glue their picture onto an index card and write the letter that makes that sound. Use these cards to review sounds.

Encourage a wide variety of reading activities.

 

Make reading an important part of your child's life. Have them read menus, grocery lists, roads signs, game directions, the comics, or movie time listings.

Let your child gradually share some of the reading aloud.

 

You read a sentence, paragraph, or page, then it's your child's turn. Take over if your child seems tired or discouraged. Keep reading a fun thing, not just hard work.

Leave notes in a lunch bag or on the refrigerator for your child to discover and read.

 

Make it simple, using words your child knows or you think they can sound out.