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WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD AT
HOME
Abcya.com
Starfall.com
Storylineonline.net
Funbrain.com
Getepic.com
“Children are made Childrenslibrary.org
Storynory.com
readers on the laps of Freerice.com
their parents.”
-Emilie Buchwald
Reading for Arp Elementary
10 minutes per day School
equals 3,650 minutes
per year!
 WAYS TO HELP YOUR
CHILD AT HOME
 ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
SCHOOL
 ASK WHAT THEY ARE
READING IN SCHOOL
 READ ALOUD FOR 10 MINUTES
OR MORE
 ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
BOOKS THEY ARE READING
 READ STREET SIGNS AND
BILLBOARDS
 KEEP BOOKS IN THE CAR
 LISTEN TO AUDIO BOOKS IN
THE CAR
 VISIT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
WHY READ ALOUD AT
HOME?
 TO CREATE FAMILY BONDS
 IT MOTIVATES THE CHILD TO
READ FOR PLEASURE
 WHEN WE READ WITH OUR KIDS,
WE STEP OUTSIDE OUR BUSY
LIVES AND WE ARE PRESENT WITH
THEM
 READ ALOUDS HELP
DEMONSTRATE EMPATHY AND
SOCIAL SKILLS
 HELP A CHILD’S LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
 TEACHES THEM TO THINK, MAKE
CONNECTIONS, AND
COMMUNICATE
WAYS TO HELP YOUR
CHILD AT HOME
 COME UP WITH RHYMES
 TELL JOKES
 MAKE UP ALLITERARTIONS
(SILLY SUZY SNOOZES)
 SING SONGS
 PLAY BOARD GAMES
 MAKE GROCERY LISTS
 WRITE A LETTER TO A
FRIEND OR RELATIVE
 DRAW PICTURES AND MAKE
UP A STORY
 WRITE IN A JOURNAL