Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center

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Loving to Read, Loving to Learn
Reading is the foundation of a successful
education. When children struggle in learning
to read, they often struggle in other subjects as
well.
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Center a Program of Clayton Early Learning
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Making reading enjoyable

Children learn to read and learn to love
reading by Reading, Reading, and Reading some
more.
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Parents can help by

• Understanding what is being taught by asking
  questions about your childs reading program.
• Encouraging reading at home.

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Questions for teachers

• How is my child doing in reading?
• What reading skills is my child learning?
• What are some strategies I can
• use at home to help my child with reading?

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Supporting reading at home

• Choose books that are interesting to your child.
• Provide a comfortable area for reading enjoyment.
  
• Set a routine time for reading.

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Reading Skills

• Use language in conversation.
• Learn and use new words.
• Recognize and name the letters of the alphabet.
• Connect sounds and letters to figure out the
  code of reading.

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Reading Skills

• Read often to recognize words.
• Listen and respond to stories read aloud.
• Understand what is being read.

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Strategies to use at home

• Make connections between experiences and words.
• Say new words often to expand vocabulary.

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Strategies to use at home

• Practice saying and writing letter-sound
  relationships.
• Read books with rhymes, poems, and songs.
• Help children take spoken and written words apart
  and put them back together.

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Strategies to use at home

• Listen to your child read aloud for at least 15
  minutes per day.
• Read to your child often.

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Reading Strategies

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Making reading enjoyable

• Learning to read happens over time in a
  developmental sequence.
• Know the important reading skills.
• Be patient.
• Make reading enjoyable.

For more, visit us at www.cpirc.org