Have you ever been in the middle of a good story, be it a magazine article, television show, movie, or book, and had to stop in the middle? When you are right at an intriguing part of the story, it can be difficult to close the book or turn off the television. You are left longing to know what happens next.
This same curiosity is true for children. Even very young children can often sit and listen to a simple chapter book., such as Berenstain Bears or Arthur chapter books. These longer books are great to use to help children develop reading comprehension skills.
As you finish a chapter in the book, ask your child what he thinks will happen next? Be sure to acknowledge all ideas as good ones, even if your child’s predictions are a bit far fetched.
Before beginning the next chapter, ask your child to tell you what has happened so far in the story. This may take several reminder clues, especially at first. Then, recall with your child the predictions he made about what will happen next. Read the next chapter to see if he was right. Even if he wasn’t, get excited about what happened and make new predictions. Do your best to end in interesting places that leave your child wanting to read more!
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Written by BRWI Staff on January 12, 2011
Most children love to listen to stories, especially when they are read by a loved one. In our family, my husband is the expert storyteller. Our boys get ecstatic when their father is being silly and changing words in a story they know well in order to make them correct his absurd errors. David also engages the boys by reading with wonderful expression. He can truly make a book come alive.
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Written by Laura on October 29, 2010
My older son who just turned five, absolutely loves books. I have a huge personal library of children’s books that I have collected over the years and added to immensely during my years of teaching in the preschool and primary grades. However, even with these shelves of books at his fingertips, Brennen still loves to go to the local library to find new ones we haven’t yet read.
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Written by Laura on July 23, 2010
I once saw a link for an online video which supposedly showed an eighteen-month-old toddler reading books on camera. I didn’t watch the video because, honestly, my first thought was that it must a scam. When I thought about it a little bit more, my thoughts focused on the times when my own child was so proud of the fact that he could “read” his favorite Eric Carle story when h
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Written by Laura on March 8, 2010
Making the transition from books that simply label objects on a page to books that tell a story can sometimes be a difficult transition for both the child and the parent. Young children tend to have very short attention spans and interest is often lost quickly. Making connections to real-world experiences can help, however, to keep your child’s attention because he will be thoroughly engag
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 24, 2010
Teaching your child to read signs is a good step to building reading readiness as it teaches them that symbols carry meaning. After all, letters are symbols that make up words and those words carry meaning. Here are some fun ways you can expose your child to every day signs.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 25, 2009
My Book of Books Binder is a fun and interactive tool for checking your preschool child’s reading comprehension.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 18, 2009
