WELCOM

Children are made readers on

the laps of their parents. (Emilie
Buchwald)

HOW MANY OF THESE

QUESTIONS CAN YOU
ANSWER YES TO?
_____ I stress the importance of reading to my children.
_____ In my home, I have a scheduled time set aside for
reading.
_____ I limit the amount of time my children watch TV.
_____ I read aloud to my children and encourage them to
do so to me.
_____ I have a wide variety of reading materials around
the house. _____ My child has a library card.
_____ I have recently spent time with my child reading.
_____ Our family visits the public library.
_____ I read and discuss books my child is assigned in
school.
_____ I encourage my child to set reading goals.
_____ I like to read.

DO WE NO LONGER HAVE TIME

TO READ TO OUR CHILDREN?

IS THIS YOU?

ARE YOU TOO TIRED

TO READ WITH YOUR
CHILD?

HOW TO ENGAGE AND

MOTIVATE YOUR CHILD
TO READ

Auditory Learners

Visual Learners
Physical Learners

AUDITORY
LEARNERS
Story time at
the Library

Listen to
books on the
tape or CD

R ead a recipe of a dis h

and cook together

Join a summer
club at a
library

THE MEGA-ACTIVITY: SHARED READING

Shared book
reading is a
powerful
mechanism
for promoting
childrens
literacy
development
Shared reading has a long-term relation to childrens
reading for pleasure;
Parent teaching has a long-term relation to childrens
reading fluency.

CONVERSATIONS

By talking with your children and reading

books aloud with them, you help them
understand word meaning, sentence
structure, and social language.
In turn, this greater understanding of
language helps prepare them to make sense
of complicated stories by using their prior
knowledge to puzzle out tough new words
and confusing new phrases.

Set a family reading time

VISUAL
LEARNERS
Read Books th at s out as
a Mov i e

Turn a book
into art

Write captions to
pictures

Subscribe to a
kids magazine

make up and
write a sequel
to a book

Big book
display

Lunch notes
visit favorite
authors website from parents

Illustrate a
song

Write a book of
my favorite
things

PHYSICAL
LEARNERS
Book related
party

Have a
reading
picnic

Get a library
card in your
childs name

Make fi nger
puppets to go
with a story

Play dress up
and act out a
book

Make a
dictionary

STRATEGIES TO
BOOST READING
MOTIVATION
Choice
Consider your childs interests and
allow him or her, with your guidance,
to select reading materials related to
those interests (including materials
such as magazines, comic books, and
online resources)

Go to a book
signing party

Build a
reading fort

Decide on incentives
for read ing

Make a book

TECHNOLOGY

MOTIVATE
Different

Fun/Interesting
New Trend

ENGAGE

THANK
YOU
Presenter: Mrs. Amissa
President