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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Reading Tips You are currently using the Homework With Text Formatting page type. This is an old page type with limited formatting options. We would recommend switching to the Enhanced Text page, a more advanced page type with many more options. Click here for more information on the different page types. Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <P align=center><FONT size=6>How to Help Your Child Learn to Read</FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT size=2>Adapted from "The Reading Teacher" March 1984</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=3>Here are some ways you can help your child become a reader. Believe it or not every one of the components in the list below fosters reading in a big way. Look over the list for new ideas.</FONT></P> <P><U>Parent Checklist</U></P> <P>1. I read to my child or listen to my child read every day.</P> <P>2. If my child asks, I'll read the same book repeatedly.</P> <P>3. When I read aloud, my child sits in my lap or very close beside me and is in a position to follow along.</P> <P>4. My child has seen me read frequently.</P> <P>5. My child has books of his/her own and a place to keep them.</P> <P>6. There are books, magazines, and newspapers in our home.</P> <P>7. Books and magazines are an important part of my gift-giving for each child.</P> <P>8. Our conversations go beyond daily functions like eating, dressing, and bathing. For example, we talk about what happens in our family and neighborhood, and why things are the way they are.</P> <P>9. I give my child opportunitiesto express herself/himself through art, play, and talking.</P> <P>10. I am a concerned and interested listener, showing my child that his/her feelings and interests are important to me.</P> <P>11. My child knows that I value reading as much as I do watching television.</P> <P>12. I control the amount of time my child spends watching TV and the types of programs he/she watches.</P> <P>13. I provide many interesting and varied experiences for my child, such as visits to parades and fairs, restaurants, cities and towns of different sizes, concerts, church, beach mountains, lakes, rivers, and nature walks.</P> <P>14. I provide plenty of paper, pencils, and crayons or chalkboard for activities.</P> <P>15. My child has a library card and has a chance to use it regularly.</P> <P> </P> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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