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Beginning Readers are Magical!

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The moment you realize your child is reading for the first time is the moment you experience fireworks and magical stars shooting through your soul.  While experiencing first words, first steps and first biking riding with a child can be especially memorable, hearing a child read through a sentence is also a wonderful experience.  Celebrate your children’ s accomplishments particularly as it relates to reading.

The Reading Rockets organization shares these pointers while helping a child learning to read:

A beginning reader:

  • can name the letters in the alphabet and can tell you many of the letter sounds
  • understands the concept of a “word”
  • is beginning to recognize a few words within text or from a list
  • is beginning to represent the first and maybe last sound of a word when trying to spell

When reading with a beginning reader:

  • Model finger-point reading. That means to follow the words with your finger from left to right as you read them. Your beginning reader will do the same thing for a while.
  • Practice patience! Beginning readers may read slowly. Give your child time to decode the words and avoid jumping in too quickly.
  • Encourage attention to letters and sounds. If your child is stuck on a word, prompt them to look at the first letter of the word and make the letter’s sound. Of course, only do this for words that can be sounded out! If the word can’t be sounded out, just supply the word for them.
  • Talk about the story. When your child is finished with a book, be sure to talk about what happened in the story, and maybe re-read favorite parts.
  • Let them know how proud you are! By sharing a book with a child, you’re sharing the joys and excitement of reading.

Book one

Thanksgiving and many other holidays are coming up. Take time to look for Early Readers related to Thanksgiving and all the other winter holidays in the collection at Capital Area District Libraries.

Holiday themes are wonderfully rich with vocabulary and cultural concepts to share with kids.  Talk about the letters and words you see together.  Practice using them in a sentence.

If there are words with difficult sounds Book 2review other words that use the letter/sound combination.

Happy Thanksgiving and happy reading together.

- Mari G., CADL Youth Services Specialist

 

 

 

Book 3

 


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