{"id":96000000366,"date":"2022-05-20T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/tomball\/?p=96000000366"},"modified":"2022-05-20T14:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:19:56","slug":"helping-your-preschooler-grow-up-to-be-a-lifelong-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/tomball\/2022\/05\/20\/helping-your-preschooler-grow-up-to-be-a-lifelong-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Your Preschooler Grow up to be a Lifelong Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-image wp-image--no-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96000000367 \" src=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/tomball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/05\/shutterstock_221592391-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Helping Your Preschooler Grow up to be a Lifelong Reader at Kids 'R' Kids Tomball, preschool, daycare, childcare\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/figure><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading is a requirement for many parts of life.\u00a0 Your child will surely be required to read for a majority of her schooling.\u00a0 Why not start building a love for reading now and hopefully make reading and school more enjoyable for her later?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read Daily<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take your preschooler to the library or bookstore to pick out books that spark his interest.\u00a0 He is more likely to want to read and enjoy reading if the books are interesting to him and he helped choose the books.\u00a0 Place the books in areas he plays so he is more apt to choose to read a book.\u00a0 He may even incorporate reading into his imaginative play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk about Text<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point out text to your preschooler.\u00a0 This may be the word \u201cSTOP\u201d on a sign as you\u2019re driving to the grocery store, the name of a fast food restaurant you are passing, or the motivational plaque hanging on the wall in your hallway at home.\u00a0 The point is to show your preschooler that text is all around her and it has meaning!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhyme with your Preschooler<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhyming is an early literacy skill which will help your preschooler be a better reader later.\u00a0 Play games where you say a word and your preschooler tells you a rhyming word or vice versa.\u00a0 Singing rhyming songs or nursery rhymes are also a great way to practice this skill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play with Sounds and Words<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another early literacy skill is letter sound connections.\u00a0 This is when your preschooler is able to connect the sound a letter makes to the letter.\u00a0 You can strengthen this skill by asking what letter words begin with or asking your preschooler to provide you a word that begins with a certain letter.\u00a0 For example, you may ask your preschooler what letter c-c-c-c-at starts with or to tell you a word that begins with c.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try not to make reading or building literacy skills a chore for your preschooler.\u00a0 Make it effortless and fun so he will want more.\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to read more about raising a reader, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/parents\/books-and-reading\/books-and-reading-guides\/raise-reader-parent-guide-to-reading-ages-3-5.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholastic\u2019s blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more tips!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you enjoyed this blog, please take a look at our school\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/tomball\/blog\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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