| How
to Take Time to Read to Children |
Your child will develop
half of his or her ability to learn by age 4. To make the most
of those years, you must expose your child early and consistently
to reading. Otherwise, your child runs the risk of being behind
classmates when he or she enters school.
Reading Aboud to Your Child |
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is well-know to be the most effective
way to develop a lifelong love of books and reading. |
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prepares your child for the work
that they will encounter at school. |
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broadens your child's reading interests
and tastes. |
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forms a lifelong bond between you
and your child. |
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remember to set aside
time each day (even 10 minutes) to spend time reading with your
child. |
| Learning to
Listen |
| Before your child
can learn to read, he or she must learn to listen. Use these
tips to make the most of your daily reading time with your child. |
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Move your finger under the words
as you read. It helps your child make the connection between
words on the page and what you're saying. |
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Let your child turn the page. It
makes your child feel important to take part in the process. |
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Act out the characters with your
voice as you read. Remember, you're competing with television
for your child's attention. |
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Use books with tapes. You can even
make your own so your child can listen to your voice even when
you don't have time to read. |
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Let your child see you reading .
It reinforces the importance of reading and exposes your child
to new kinds of reading materials. |
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Make visiting your local library
a habit. The library has great books for you and your child
to share together. |
| Remember, you
don't have to teach your child how to read, just to want to
read! |
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Suggested Reading
List
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Infants
& Toddlers
Ten Nine Eight
Bang, Molly'
Goodnight Moon
Brown, Margaret Wise & Clement Hurd
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carle, Eric
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
Carlstonrom, Nancy & Bruce Degen
Two Ways To Count To Ten
Dee, Ruby
Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose
DePaola, Tomie
Daddy and I
Greenfield, Eloise
Where's Spot?
Hill, Eric
Afro-Bets A,B,C
Hudson, Cheryl
Rosie's Walk
Hutchins, Pat
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Joosse, Barbara
Pat The Bunny
Kunhardt, Dorothy
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do
You See?
Martin, Bill & Eric Carle
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Rosen, Michael & Helen Oxenbury
Max Board Books (series)
Wells, Rosemary
"More, More, More,"
Said the Baby
Williams, Vera B. |
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Preschoolers
Madeline
Bemelmans, Ludwig
The Mitten
Brett, Jan
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Burton, Virginia
The Patchwork Quilt
deBrunhoff, Jean
Kenya's Family Reunion
Ford, Juwanda G.
Millions of Cats
Gag, Wande
Me & Nessie
Greenfield, Eloise
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Henkes, Kevin
Frances (series)
Hoban, Russell & Lillian Hoban
Amazing Grace
Hoffman, Mary
How Many Stars in the Sky
Hort, Lenny
John Henry
Julius, Lester
Peter's Chair
Keats, Ezra Jack
The Story of Ferdinand
Leaf, Munro
Make Way for Ducklings
McClosky, Robert
Flossie and the Fox
McKissack, Patricia & Rachel Isadora
George and Martha
Marshall, James
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Martin, Bill, John Archambault &
Lois Ehlert
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Numeroff, Laura & Felicia Bond
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Potter, Beatrix
The Beach
Binggold, Faith
Where the Wild Things Are
Sendak, Maurice
The Cat in the Hat
Seuss, Dr.
Doctor De Soto
Steig, William
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
Thomas, Joyce Carol
Owl Moon
Yolen, Jane & John Schoenher
Harry the Dirty Dog
Zion, Gene & Margaret Grahm |
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All
Ages
Misoso: Once Upon A Time Tales
From Africa
Aarderma, Verna
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
Brown Angels
Myers, Walter Dean
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy
Tales
Andersen, Hans Christian
From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury
of Folklore
& Folk Songs
D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar
The Diane Goode Book of American
Folk Tales & Songs
Durrell, Ann
Her Stories
Hamilton, Virginia
This is My Song! A Collection
of Gospel Music
for the Family
Higginsen, Vy
How Sweet the Sound
Hudson, Wade & Cheryl
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Johnson, James Weldon
Talking Like the Rain
Kennedy, X.J.
The Way Things Work
Macaulay, David
Winnie the Pooh
Milne, A. A.
Random House Book of Poetry for
Children
Prelutsky, Jack -Editor
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Robinson, Barbara
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Silverstein, Shel
Zlateh the Goat, and Other Stories
Singer, Issac Beshevis
The Polar Express
Van Allsburg, Chris |
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Spanish
Infants & Toddlers
Me Gusto Como Soy!
Carlson, Nancy L.
Table, Chair, Bear: A Book in Many Languages
Feder, Jane
Nora la Revoltosa
Wells, Rosemary |
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Spanish
Preschoolers
Three Friends: A Counting Book/Tres Amigos;
Un cuento para contar
Brusca, Maria Cristina and Tona Wilson
Tortillitas Para Mama: And Other Nursery
Rhymes,
Spanish & English
Greigo, Margo
Nina Bonita
Machado, Ana Maria
The Absent-Minded Toad
Rondon, Javier |
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Spanish
All Ages
No Hickory, No Dickory, No Dock:
Carribean Nursery Rhymes
Agard, John and Grace Nichols
The Bossy Gallito = El Gallo de
Bodas
Gonzalez, Lucia M.
Senor Cat's Romance, and Other
Favorite Stories from
Latin American
Gonzalez, Lucia M.
Celebrating Families
Hausherr, Rosemarie
Family Pictures/Cuadros of Familia
Lomas Garza, Carmen
The Tree is Older Than You Are:
A Bilingual Gathering of
Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings by
Mexican Artists
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
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