"A word of encouragement during failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." ANONYMOUS
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Supporting Your Children By Reading at Home
Beginning Reader Activities
-Encourage children to bring home books from the school library and take books from home to read at school. (Cross-Country Cat by Mary Calhoun, Erick Ingraham)
-Set aside a regular time and place for books so that reading them becomes as natural as eating and sleeping. (If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty, Steven Kellogg)
-Read alternate pages, ask each other questions, and discuss the story. Children can predict outcomes, discuss how the characters feel, and relate the events to their own experiences. (David Goes to School by David Shannon)
Independent Reader Activities
-Encourage children to develop an interest in a variety of genres such as biography, poetry, and historical fiction. Personal interests and hobbies offer ideas for the child's personal library. (Comeback Kid by John Elway)
-Compare and contrast video adaptations of children's books. Be sure to take along books on tape for the car during long trips. (The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks)
-Challenge readers to compare and contrast books. This is especially interesting with series of books which have the same characters. (Bunnicula and Bunnicula Strikes Again by James Howe)
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Quoted from the Colorado Council International Reading Association
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