This is a non-profit literacy organization dedicated to bringing books and a lifelong love
of reading to children in crisis.
For those of you that
read to your children in another language, such as French or Chinese, how are your strategies different or the same?
When
parents read to children, they hear more complex and sophisticated language which become the building blocks of their literacy and language development.
For example, you remind parents to
read to their children daily, or encourage parents to have their children read aloud each night before bedtime.
You've probably heard since before you even had kids that you should
start reading to your children from birth, but sometimes it gets old reading the same old stories over and over.
Even if you're doing all the right things —
reading to your child regularly and keeping piles of books around the house — make sure the teachers are doing their job.
Added features we like include video messaging where family members near and far can interact with your child, and a section that lets family members
read to your child with a video recording.
Reading Activities assesses number and diversity of
books read to the child, frequency of reading activities, and associated interactions (range, 0 - 19).
There are always going to be more books available than we can possibly
read to our child while they are interested in, but it sure is fun trying to read them all!
Read at least 20 - 30 minutes to your child every
day Reading to your child every day will help her have a longer attention span and better listening skills.
Parents should be encouraged to provide opportunities to foster skills in early reading and math,
including reading to children, encouraging conversation around book sharing and practicing counting and pattern recognition.
These days it's hard to miss the message about the importance of having books in our homes and
reading to our children even before they can talk.
Experts of the day warned parents not to
read to their children because it would train them to get information through their ears instead of their eyes.
The first two articles
presented reading to children and shared reading as the two approaches that focus on watching and listening, sharing and following, and trying and exploring.