SILENT READING
FOR PLEASURE
Reading for pleasure allows your child (especially reluctant or struggling readers) the opportunity to practice the foundation skills taught in the primary grades:
• phonics
• sight vocabulary
• comprehension skills
• word attack with multi-syllable word skills
• identifying main ideas
• concentration
• fluency
Reading well profoundly affects your child's academic success. Studies have shown that children who read for pleasure:
• have a bigger knowledge of life and culture
• have a bigger prospective of their environment
• have a larger, more formal vocabulary
• have a greater fluency in their communication
• use their imagination, a life-long tool
• better understand the wording and phrasing of questions on tests