Learning to Read Creating a Reading Habit

Nursery rhymes, kids poems and nursery stories are all a great way to introduce your young child to the joy of reading.

Learning to read can be an enjoyable experience for both you and your child. Reading is fun. Learning is too. Combine the two and you're on your way!

It's never too early to read to a child. Just find a comfortable space. No better space than your lap is probably your child's opinion!

Choose a special time each day. Before nap time or before bedtime is perfect. Reading is calming to your child and prepares them for sleep.

Even as little as 10 minutes each day is great, if that's all your schedule will allow. That's where nursery rhymes come in handy. They're short and entertaining and you're beginning the joy of reading. You're creating the reading habit.

When you have more time to spend together reading, go for it. Have fun. Learning to read can be so much fun for your child and extremely rewarding for you.

Studies show parents who read to their kids create a reading habit that lasts a lifetime.

We're so happy you chose our stories and poems to help your child learn to read and, more importantly, to love reading.

I hope you won't mind me offering a few suggestions that I've found to work quite well. Please, read on . . .

Don't just read - get animated. Using different speaking voices, mannerisms or accents for each of the story characters makes the stories come alive for your child.

Why not, involve your child in the story? Ask questions: “What do you think is going to happen”? “What has the story character learned”? “Do you think the story character is happy with the way the story ended”? "Are you?" . . .

This personalized storybook is a powerful way to show a child how absolutely unique and special she is. My Very Own Fairy Tale transports little girls into a magical garden where flower fairies bring letters one by one to spell out her first and last name, and then the fairies crown her as their fairy princess. This award-winning storybook makes a keepsake gift for girls ages 0-12.

Kids never seem to tire of their favorites so don’t be afraid to read a favorite over and over and over, again and again. The repetition is a valuable lesson in the process of learning to read.

Build their own reading space, their own collection of books and a place to store them. Create a special reading nook in the corner of their room. Maybe a pile of pillows on the floor next to a special bookcase with an overhead lamp. If it’s cozy and comfortable, your child will want to visit it often. And if the purpose of visiting is to read, then they will read often. Here's a cool idea. Never met a kid yet that didn't love their own comfy bean bag chair

Even, young children who aren’t yet reading can browse through books and look at pictures when you aren’t reading with them. It’s great training.

Childrens Magazines are fantastic learning tools. The information is always fresh and kids love receiving their very own mail each month.

Library cards are worth their weight in gold.
My children had their own library cards before they could even sign their names. I still have the cards with the little X’s scribbled on the signature line. Priceless!

Pick a theme: Are you planning a trip? Vacation? Going to the circus? Or the zoo? Pick up a book on that theme. Great learning tool. Planning on adding a pet to your family? You guessed it - get a book.

Explore the alphabet, the letters and the sounds. Preschool children can easily learn, understand and recognize alphabet letters and sounds. Learning the alphabet leads to learning the words, which leads to learning to read. If the whole process is made to be fun, then learning to love to read will follow.

For beginners, it’s as important to stress the letter sound as it is the letter’s name. Simply telling your child “this is the letter b” is not enough. Sound out the letter sound for them and have your child repeat. Look at pictures of a bee, a book, a button, etc. Play with the B sound. Can they think of other words that begin with the B sound?

Try this fun activity - pick a letter of the week. Focus on that particular letter every day of the coming week. The repetition over the week will reinforce the lessons. The more they hear and see the letter, the more recognizable it becomes.

Have your child create his own book. Draw or cut out pictures and label them with the sounds and letters you are learning. Creativity enhances the learning to read experience.

Here are a few supplies I think every household should have:
Crayons and paper.
Refrigerator magnets - a must have.
Your child can spell and create words while you work. Every child loves to build and building words with their hands is like creating their own puzzles. Refrigerator magnets aren't just for the frig. They can be used anywhere. And they make learning to read a puzzle that's easily solved.

Research has shown that phonics instruction is a crucial component in helping children build the foundation of skills they need to become competent, confident readers. I am a firm believer in the Hooked on Phonics Program. I've used it and have had great success with the program. Hooked on Phonics makes learning to read fun.

Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read Kindergarten-2nd Grade incorporates the latest reading and literacy research into proven strategies and activities that are as fresh and fun as they are effective, so kids will keep coming back for more!

Designed for children ages 4 to 8, this award-winning program is bursting with meaningful phonics lessons that include:

• Beginning and ending sounds• Short and long vowel sounds• Sound combinations• Basic word endings• Simple sight words…and many others

It takes just a few minutes a day to build reading skills that will last a lifetime! This easy-to-use program follows the learn-practice-read approach, which offers lots of engaging, interactive opportunities for young readers.

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Each specific invention page starts with a "What’s the Big Idea?" box that explains the problem the inventors were trying to solve.

"What’s the Big Idea?" continues to answer the pertinent questions: Why this invention and why now? "Fast Facts" and "Big Ideas" sidebars give young readers quick blasts of information reference-style.

Scattered throughout the book are highlights of either a famous inventor or a specific theme.

The "Inventor Biography" profiles inventors such as da Vinci, Galileo, and Thomas Edison, and summarize their main inventions.

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