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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 small medium large Three Secrets of Reading We all use a bag of tricks when we read, whether we realize it or not... There are three secrets that help us get the message. 1. The first secret is the ability to recognize and make sense of the many squiggles on a page. In order to do this you need to give your child as much experience to print as possible. You can start this process with babies. As you read a book to a child they are seeing and hearing the print. The more they see the print, the more they will recognize the different letters that are creating the message. Print is everywhere...signs, billboards, posters license plates, grocery lists, etc.. 2. The second secret is, if you want to read, you need to understand the language. You need to give your child as much experience to the language as possible. We can increase a child's language experience by constantly chatting with them. Songs and rhymes also expose children to different forms of language. Nursery rhymes offer wonderful language and rhythm to share with young children. 3. The third secret is the more we know about life, the universe, and everything, the easier it is to read. Give your child as much experience of the world as possible. Read a vast amount of material to your child, such as, the newspaper, non-fiction books, magazines, maps, brochures. When an understanding of the world, language, and print act together as a team, reading happens. Ideas taken from "Reading Magic" by Mem Fox, Harcourt Inc.,2001 Mem's web site: www.memfox.net Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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