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Discover effective strategies for fostering a love for reading in your children with Mr. Martin Kennard's guiding principles. Learn how to choose a safe and comfortable reading environment, prepare engaging materials, and personalize the experience. Make reading fun by using different voices and interactive questions. Establish a routine that promotes short, enjoyable reading sessions separate from homework. Explore various reading contexts beyond storybooks. Be a role model by demonstrating your own reading habits, creating a reading-friendly family culture.
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Reading With Children Some guiding principles by Mr. Martin Kennard
Location • Find a safe and comfortable place, not on the MTR on the way home from a restaurant! • For younger children, the bedroom may be the best location.
Preparation • Read what your child is interested in, repetitive language is recommended. This can get children more involved in the story. • The difficulty should be slightly above their current reading level with about 5% of the vocabulary being new words. • Take some time to prepare by reading the book yourself.
Make it fun • Show yourself enjoying the book • Use different voices. Highlight punctuation. • Use puppets, if you have them. • Personalize the reading.
Interacting with the text • Focus on the positives. Don’t dwell on errors. • Be prepared to answer questions. (This takes priority over ‘getting the book done’). • Try to think of some open ended questions of your own. • If your child wants one part of the story to be repeated, that’s okay.
Develop a routine • To instill a love of reading, make it an enjoyable routine. • Keep sessions short and sharp. About 20 minutes each day is recommended. • Keep it separate from homework.
Go beyond the story book • Reading can take place in many different forms and contexts • talk about signs • put messages in lunch boxes • write notes • play word games
Be a good role model • Let your children see you reading all different kinds of texts. • Be a reading family. Keep, borrow and buy books.
References • The Read Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease • Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud To Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Mem Fox • http://www.youngreadersfestival.org.hk