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Tips for parents to help their child read for meaning

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Tips

  • Build your child’s spoken word and vocabulary skills by having regular robust discussions around the dinner table, about a variety of topics, as recommended by LB Literacy.
  • When reading with your child, ask them questions focusing on the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when and why) to focus your child and to check their understanding.
  • Help your child to find answers to these literal questions by looking for clues in the pictures and the words of the text.
  • Ask questions that require your child to link what happened in one part of the story with an outcome in another part of the story (exploring cause and effect).
  • Pause reading midway through a story and ask your child to predict what they think will happen next. Encourage them to base their answer on what has already happened and what they know about the characters in the story.
  • Encourage your child to make inferences based on what they already know.
  • When reading with your child introduce the before, during and after approach recommended by Reading Rockets.

To explore the possibility of Reading Therapy with Cheryl  Cupido in Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth (Walmer Heights /Lorraine/ Sunridge), contact her for a free consultation to discuss how she can assist you.