Reading
As your child learns to read, he or she is combining many kinds of knowledge and skills.
What does reading do?
It includes understanding what the words are saying. This is called comprehension.
How to help your child?
By talking to your child about the stories in books.
By asking and answering questions.
All these will help your child develop the habit of paying attention to what the author is communicating.
Two types of reading experiences
Reading alound
Shared reading
Reading aloud objective
To find pleasure of a good story
To learn about something
To increase oral vocabulary
Shared reading objective
To look at the words together as you read
To involve the child in reading
To develop the child's ability to recognise letters and written words
