Helping Your Children Learn How To Read

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If you enjoy reading, one thing that will probably be important to you will be that your children enjoy reading as well, but even beyond the simple desire for your children to enjoy reading, you should realize that reading is extremely important, and you will do your child a big favor if you help them learn how to read before it is absolutely necessary for them to be able to do so; if you are trying to help your children learn how to read, here are a few things you can keep in mind that will help you.

When you first begin to help your children learn how to read, you will need to start with the fundamentals, realizing that your children do not yet have the building blocks necessary to be accomplished readers; help them understand the functions of the different letters in the alphabet, beginning with the words that they can sound out, and moving on to the “sight words,” that they will have to simply know instead of being able to sound out.

As your child starts to become more comfortable with reading, you will want to make sure you offer them plenty of help, but you should also realize that it will be important for them to start figuring things out on their own; the best way to do this is to sit with them while they read, but to allow them to work through all the little problem areas on their own.

And finally, when it comes to getting your children to learn how to read, the most important thing of all will be making reading seem fun, as your children are much more likely to want to pick up their books and practice reading if it is a fun thing to them instead of seeming like a chore; make sure your children see you reading, and make sure you convey to them how wonderful reading can be – and then, make reading a reward for them, instead of making it something they “have to do” each day.

By taking this approach to teaching your children how to read, you will soon find that they are picking it up more and more, and you will find that they are wanting to read instead of viewing it as a task or a chore!