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ructured learning time to take advantage of the beautiful weather and to allow me to focus on planning for our fall curriculum but i was realizing that for many parents summer is the only time they have their kids at home all day because school is out for many this welcome summer break also presents a few challenges mostly keeping the children happily busy and maintaining some learning so their child doesn t backslide during the summer and is ready for the next grade in the fall most parents know to encourage reading over the summer especially for their older kids and some schools even have a summer reading list for students to guide their reading for kids who are already strong readers simply allowing them to enjoy reading on their own is enough and it will not take much convincing to get them to spend some time each day reading independently however many kids are not yet strong readers or are reluctant readers and could benefit from more guidance these suggestions are for students in the preschool 3rd grade range if any of our readers have children above 3rd grade please comment and i can post a second version of this for older children the four types of reading reading aloud the parent chooses a book and reads it aloud to their child ren this is a great time to read books that would be beyond your child s reading level such as lengthy chapter books some classic suggestions include little house on the prairie series the boxcar children black beauty island of the blue dolphins little women the bible or children s bible swiss family robinson treasure island gulliver s travels jungle book chronicles of narnia the hobbit tales of peter rabbit dr dolittle shared reading the parent reads aloud a book that is barely within their child s reading capabilities and the child has a copy of the same book or sits on the parent s lap where he she can read the text you can also copy and print the book as a small booklet for the child with the parts for them to say bolded in a bright color at refrains or on repeated readings of the book the child joins in reading the part he she knows this is a great chance to allow all your kids to join in as you read aloud and read some silly books and rhymes some suggestions include the little old lady who wasn t afraid of anything don t wake up the bear brown bear brown bear sandra boynton s books many are written with a sing songy part kids love to say alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day there was an old lady who swallowed a fly if you give a mouse a cookie the very busy spider today is monday by eric carle the very hungry caterpillar who stole the cookie from the cookie jar nursery rhymes prayers songs guided reading this requires one on one time with the parent and child you can use the naptime for your little ones to lay down with your older child and cuddle and read together in guided reading it is the child who is reading the story but you are right there with them to help them as they struggle with a word and to observe and see where their reading level truly is while with a younger child you might simply sound out the word for them with older children your role is more mentor than assistant you ll want to refrain from jumping in and rescuing them from every difficult word or becoming impatient if they take awhile to get it you have many ways to guide your child during this time when they reach a word they cannot read pronounce incorrectly or do not understand the meaning of 1 remind them to sound out the word 2 cover a portion of a long word to make it easier to sound out for example if they struggle with the word butterfly you could cover up the fly part and ask them to sound out the first part then cover up butter and ask them to sound our fly then join the two together 3 have them look at the whole sentence and see what makes sense in the word s space this is looking at context for clues you may need to model this by doing it yourself thinking aloud the first time and then ask them to do it themselves 4 if they don t know what it means look up the meaning of the word in the dictionary or tell the child the meaning 5 write the word down on a post it note or bookmark inside the book and practice it later some book suggestions include bob books these are leveled readers geared towards beginning readers that many libraries carry you can also often find used copies inexpensively on www amazon com or www half com dr seuss books printable booklets http www hubbardscupboard org printable_booklets html online stories www starfall com board books geared towards babies toddlers make for good beginning reader books for 4 6 year olds fairy tales for 6 9 year olds recipes as you cook ask your child to read the recipe or ingredients list aloud grocery list have your child be your helper by reading each item off as you go through the grocery store and they can check off each item that is put in the cart guest list when planning a party ask your child to read the guest list to you or even to write it themselves this is great for name recognition letters or cards encourage grandparents and cousins to write letters to your child so they can practice their reading aloud treasure hunt use written clues the child must read aloud to figure out where the next clue is hidden any book your child finds that they are interested in reading sometimes they ll surprise you with what books they can read independent reading your child reads completely independently preferably books of their own choosing be careful to monitor for content some classic stories have a lot of inappropriate material in their original versions also be sure your child is reading at their level not too many fast food books that they whiz through and not books that will frustrate them a few fast food books that are easy for them to read can serve a purpose increasing confidence fluency and speed with reading just be sure your child isn t only reading those books and refusing to deal with challenging books on their own a good test of whether a book is at your child s reading level is to ask them to read aloud the first page of the book to you if they read it and only struggle with 1 3 words on the page then it is likely within their capabilities if it is a small board book for a 4 6 year old then they should not struggle with more than 1 word per page if they are to be left to read it independently they have fewer tools to deal with confusing words and as new readers should have their confidence boosted during independent reading some suggestions include any book on the guided reading list that you know they can read easily can read an entire page with no more than 1 3 words they struggle with american girls series the magic treehouse series the saddle club series comic books check for content children s bible nonfiction books about favorite topics animals cars and truck themed books are popular with kids chicken soup for the kid s soul the chronicles of narnia the berenstein bears series posted by amanda at 6 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels reading summer wednesday june 23 2010 developing reading skills for kindergartners according to the national institute for literacy these are skills that your child should develop while in kindergarten these will be things for you to watch for during your child s kindergarten year if you seem some areas lacking spend time on it at home if you are homeschooling make sure you introduce opportunities for these skills to develop the child listens carefully to books read aloud the child knows the shapes and names of letters of the alphabet and writes many uppercase and lowercase letters on his own the child knows that spoken words are made of separate sounds the child recognizes and makes rhymes can tell when words begin with the same sound and can put together or blend spoken sounds the child can sound out some letters the child knows that the order of letters in a written word stands for the order of sounds in a spoken word the child knows some common words like a the i and you on sight the child knows how to hold a book and follows print from left to right and from top to bottom of a page when read to the child asks and answers questions about stories and uses what she already knows to understand a story the child knows the parts of a book and understands that authors write words and text and that illustrators create pictures the child knows that in most books the main message is in the print not the pictures the child predicts what will happen in stories the child can retell or act out stories the child knows the difference between made up fiction and real nonfiction books and the difference between stories and poems the child uses what he knows about letters and sounds to write words the child writes some letters and words as they are said to her and begins to spell some words correctly the child writes his own first and last name and the first names of some family members and friends the child plays with words and uses new words in her own speech the child knows and uses words that are important for school work like colors shapes and numbers the child knows and uses words from daily life like street names and names for community workers teacher mail carrier etc something that strikes me is that many of these skills are accomplished by doing the things listed in the toddler and preschooler sections posted previously you can see how these simple skills you teach your child when she is young help her as she gets older posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels child kindergarten literacy tuesday june 22 2010 sidewalk chalk love notes for father s day we decided to tell daddy that we love him in sidewalk chalk my husband really likes words of affirmation to let him know he is loved so the friday before father s day we went out and decorated the driveway to tell him why we loved him it was something all three children could do even if the one year old kept trying to eat dirt i wrote we heart you daddy and the kids decorated around it brayden made a stop sign so cars would know to not run over the writing daddy loved it this is something you can do during nice weather months you could even go to a home of a neighbor and tell them how great they are in sidewalk chalk but you might want to be pretty sure your neighbor won t mind sidewalk chalk is always fun but it seemed to be extra fun with a goal in mind posted by valerie plowman at 11 33 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels father s day outside activities service sorry for the quietness things have been kind of quiet the last little bit around the blog there have been some big events going on including pregnancy not for me and also raegan s computer crashed so things are slow right now but will pick up again thanks for your patience valerie posted by valerie plowman at 7 54 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blog monday june 21 2010 getting ready to read 4 and 5 year olds now that your child is a preschooler you can take these tips from the national institute of literacy for helping your preschooleer get ready to read help your child hear and say the first sound in words boat starts with b help your child notice different words that also start wtih that sound boat and book both start with b introduce your child to new words use new interesting vocabulary this means no baby talk and no dumbing down your language for your child talk to your child about the alphabet talk about the letters you see in books point out signs and lables that have letters like street signs and food signs in the grocery store encourage your child to enjoy reading allow your child to choose what book you read most of the time let your child pretend to read parts of the book as you read together talk about the stories you read and help make connections to things that happen in your own lives ask what when where and how questions as you read help your child write notes or make books like an alphabet book even if his writing looks like nothing more than scribbles this list is definitely more involved than the one for the 2 and 3 year olds even so it is still very doable this list is full of ideas for literacy activities during your learning time during the week posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels literacy preschooler wednesday june 16 2010 getting ready to read 2 and 3 year olds the national institute for literacy has a checklist for parents of 2 and 3 year olds for establishing literacy at home in the pamphlet literacy begins at home they say you are your child s first and most important teacher here is a checklist for you to help your 2 and 3 year olds get ready to read read with your child every day even if it is only for a few minutes encourage your child to bring his favorite books to you so you can read together point to pictures and name them out loud encourage your child to point to pictures while you read make eye contact with your child as you read aloud this tells you she is paying attention talk with your child throughout the day about things you are doing and things that are happening around you be patient when your child wants to read that same book over and over and over again encourage your child to lay with books let her pick them up flip them form front to back and turn the pages listen as your child pretends to read a book watch for him to hold the book go from page to page and say words not necessarily the right words just words allow your child to use paper and crayons to scribble make pictures and pretend to write to me this seems like a super simple list that is very achievable with the 2 3 year old children it is nice to see a simple list posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels literacy toddler monday june 14 2010 father s day gift book of love a week or so ago i wrote a post on one of my other blogs about showing love through words of affirmation one blog reader shared that her husband felt love best that way and that one year for valentine s day she gave him a calendar book with 366 reasons she loved him my husband also feels love through words of affirmation and i thought this sounded like a great idea for a father s day gift i started by interviewing my children i sat down with a piece of paper and a pen i asked them what do you like to do with daddy then i wrote down their answers i asked what do you like that daddy does for you i wrote down their answers finally i asked why do you love daddy for my little 14 month old i am coming up with her answers myself it isn t hard to figure out because she is such a 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