Ideas to help your child become a good reader Everyone wants
their child to succeed, and being able to read well is very
important to do well in school and beyond. But we also want our
children to enjoy reading rather than see it as a chore or
something that they have to do. 1) Talk to your child and
interact with them verbally. Yes, I know this is supposed to be
about reading! But it turns out that the more you talk to your
child, the better their language skills will be. Their first
language skills lay the foundation for later skills, such as
reading. 2) Learn how to help your child develop pre-reading
skills – see my article “Help develop your child’s pre-reading
skills” 3) Read to your child a lot! Start as early as you can.
Reading to a child helps in many ways. It helps build their
vocabulary, it shows them that reading is fun, and introduces
them to how books work. 4) Keep lots of books around the house.
Books for both grown-ups and kids. If you can’t afford to buy
them, borrow a lot from libraries. Or