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Originally Posted by wizwor
....................... kids learn to read as a matter of course if reading is part of their world. My kids were read to each night. In the course of looking at the pictures they saw words and we pointed out words as we read and we asked what words were. We also played a game where each of us had to come up with a word for each letter in the alphabet. Make flash cards and put signs on everything in your house. Enable closed captioning on your TVs and make a point of watching Sesame Street and other programs that teach reading............
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Excellent advice for the early stages, and more or less how we produced a "rabid reader" !
We also found a settled time , say morning, pre or after breakfast, and evening, around ten minutes sitting on a lap and being read a story, looking at the pictures and the words, without pushing things, led to questions about the pic's, certain "funny words" and the story. Then bringing in the element of choice, them selecting what was to be read, made an incredibly quick transition to wanting to read it themselves.
But the example thing is a great booster - I'm not so sure a little jealousy doesn't sneak in, either - "why can they do that, I want to too !"
Above all, enjoy it, the pair of you !
