Reading at Home
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In order to succeed in the classroom -- and in life -- our children must develop strong reading skills at an early age. It's a process that happens at home as well as school. Parental involvement in encouraging a love of reading and good reading habits is essential!
WCPSS's Curriculum and Instruction Department has produced these eleven short videos to give parents some tips about how best to support their children as they develop into strong readers. Each video is one to three minutes long, and can be viewed using the free QuickTime Reader from Apple.
- Becoming a Reader - an introduction
- Reading Is Important - reinforcing the value of reading in our daily lives
- Talking and Listening - having a strong foundation in spoken language
- Reading Together - making it a daily routine
- Introducing a New Book - engaging a child's curiosity before reading
- What Happens Next? - stopping along the way to help the child think about it
- Choosing the Right Book - selecting interesting, appropriate books
- Join Right In - choosing books that allow a child to participate in storytelling
- Same Old Story - understanding the benefits of a repeated "favorite" story
- Acting It Out - helping a child translate words to actions
- Never Too Old - reading aloud with a child who already reads independently