Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How Children Learn

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How Children Learn: "We need to remember that children learn in different ways but all children require: • a reason to learn. • to be actively engaged. • demon..."

How Children Learn

We need to remember that children learn in different ways but all children require:

•a reason to learn.

•to be actively engaged.

•demonstration and modelling.

•activity based learning.

•opportunities for practising.

•efforts to be praised.

 

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Sharing books with your child is beginning reading...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Sharing books with your child is beginning reading...: "Sharing books with your child is beginning reading. For example, when you are reading the book and talking about the front of the book, the ..."

Sharing books with your child is beginning reading

Sharing books with your child is beginning reading. For example, when you are reading the book and talking about the front of the book, the title, the picture,the author, you are modelling early reading behaviours to your child.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Free Individual Learning Plan proforma

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Free Individual Learning Plan proforma: "Individual Learning Plans may assist you in profiling and supporting students with learning difficulties. If you would like a free copy of..."

Free Individual Learning Plan proforma

Individual Learning Plans may assist you in profiling and supporting students with learning difficulties.
If you would like a free copy of a blank proforma, please send me your email.
Cheers
Christine

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Grammar and Oral Language Development

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Grammar and Oral Language Development: "A great way to teach speaking and listening skills is through nursery rhymes. Follow me for the next few months, and I will share some great..."

Grammar and Oral Language Development

A great way to teach speaking and listening skills is through nursery rhymes. Follow me for the next few months, and I will share some great teaching tips about oral language development and teaching activities for parents and teachers.
Cheers
Christine

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Tips for parents about reading, writing and learni...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Tips for parents about reading, writing and learni...: "Growing Readers is a free monthly service written especially for parents that offers practical tips about reading, writing, and learning. Gr..."

Tips for parents about reading, writing and learning.

Growing Readers is a free monthly service written especially for parents that offers practical tips about reading, writing, and learning. Growing Readers is also a wonderful resource to use in a preschool program, elementary school, or PTA parent newsletters. Just download, print, and distribute! Growing Readers is brought to you by the national education initiatives.
 http://www.readingrockets.org/newsletters/extras

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Oral Language is Speaking and Listening

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Oral Language is Speaking and Listening: "As your child’s first teacher you have already taught them to speak and listen by: •Expecting them to speak.•Providing models of how spoken ..."

Oral Language is Speaking and Listening

As your child’s first teacher you have already taught them to speak and listen by:

•Expecting them to speak.

•Providing models of how spoken language works.

•Demonstrating how to listen.

•Supporting their attempts with praise.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Introducing a Book

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Introducing a Book: "Book introductions encourage children to get ready for what is coming up and to make predictions about what they will read."

The Importance of Introducing a Book

Book introductions encourage children to get ready for what is coming up and to make predictions about what they will read.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Best Position for a Book When Reading to your ...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Best Position for a Book When Reading to your ...: "When reading to/with your child, remember to keep the book in front of them, not you!"

The Best Position for a Book When Reading to your Child

When reading to/with your child, remember to keep the book in front of them, not you!

Making Predictions

Making predictions is a very important part of the reading process.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Pause Prompt Praise

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Pause Prompt Praise: "When your child or student is trying to sound out an unfamiliar word, give them time to do so. It is hard to resist telling them the word st..."

Pause Prompt Praise

When your child or student is trying to sound out an unfamiliar word, give them time to do so. It is hard to resist telling them the word straight away. I usually wait between 3-5 seconds, depending on how close their articulation is to actually reading the word accurately. Then I may suggest a prompt or clue. For example I might say " have a look at the picture". Lastly, praise their efforts even if they don't get the word. "I liked the way you tried to work out that word. Well done". Then next time, they will feel better about having a go to work out other tricky words.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Tip for parents of First Graders

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Tip for parents of First Graders: "Whenever you leave the house for a doctor's appointment for example, take a book or magazine so your child can read while you are waiting. A..."

Reading Tip for parents of First Graders

Whenever you leave the house for a doctor's appointment for example, take a book or magazine so your child can read while you are waiting. Always try to fit in reading.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: An alphabet book - early learning

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: An alphabet book - early learning: "Make an alphabet book using the letters of the alphabet the children know. Use the form of the letter the children already know. IE lower or..."

An alphabet book - early learning

Make an alphabet book using the letters of the alphabet the children know. Use the form of the letter the children already know. IE lower or upper case, Then use a key picture they identify with that letter already. IE they can draw a picture or find one in a magazine.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: There are no bad answers, just bad questions

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: There are no bad answers, just bad questions: "There are no bad answers, just bad questions. An effective question needs to be well worded and well framed."

There are no bad answers, just bad questions

There are no bad answers, just bad questions. An effective question needs to be well worded and well framed.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Back to school fingerplay

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Back to school fingerplay: "As we are going back to school for the new year, I found a cute little fingerplay for parents and teachers. Back to School Fingerplay Two l..."

Back to school fingerplay

As we are going back to school for the new year, I found a cute little fingerplay for parents and teachers.
Back to School Fingerplay
Two little houses all closed up tight 
(make fists) 
Open up the window and let in the light 
(open fist) 
Ten little finger people tall and straight 
(ten fingers) 
Ready for school at half past eight 
(walk with fingers)

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Fluency and Comprehension

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Fluency and Comprehension: "Current research suggests that fluency is a big factor in determining how well the reader is understanding what they are reading. IE- Compre..."

Reading Fluency and Comprehension

Current research suggests that fluency is a big factor in determining how well the reader is understanding what they are reading. IE- Comprehension. If after the first reading, it does not sound fluent and has many interruptions due to a large amount of processing, then it is ok to read that same text a second time to get a flow of words and a feel or the story.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Advice for parents about starting school

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Advice for parents about starting school: "Parents are always concerned about what to do when their child starts school for the first time. The Education Review has recently published..."

Advice for parents about starting school

Parents are always concerned about what to do when their child starts school for the first time. The Education Review has recently published some tips that parents can do with their children before the first day of school. The first tip is to practise routines: Help your child to prepare for the routines they will need, from getting up and going to bed at certain times, to dressing themselves, and the journey there and back.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Try and make learning fun

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Try and make learning fun: "You should try and make reading fun. Check out this YouTube clip to see what I mean. What do you think about this video? Post your comments ..."

Try and make learning fun

You should try and make reading fun. Check out this YouTube clip to see what I mean.

What do you think about this video? Post your comments below.
Cheers
Christine

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How does the brain see words in a book?

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How does the brain see words in a book?: "When learning to read, the brain has to learn to flip the words so that they appear right side up. "

How does the brain see words in a book?

When learning to read, the brain has to learn to flip the words so that they appear right side up. 

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: What to do when children have difficulty calling u...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: What to do when children have difficulty calling u...: "Some children have trouble calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word. When this happens, associate that letter or word with some..."

What to do when children have difficulty calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word

Some children have trouble calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word. When this happens, associate that letter or word with something familiar to them. For example, if they have trouble remembering the name of the letter "p". The child's name might be Peter, so link it to their name. Say "your name starts with that letter?".

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The best way to teach spelling

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The best way to teach spelling: "Spelling is best taught within the small focus group of students."

The best way to teach spelling

Spelling is best taught within the small focus group of students.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Always have your students sitting on your left sid...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Always have your students sitting on your left sid...: "Always have your students sitting on your left side when they are reading or writing. This helps to establish directionality."

Always have your students sitting on your left side

Always have your students sitting on your left side when they are reading or writing. This helps to establish directionality.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Make sure that children can HEAR a difference betw...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Make sure that children can HEAR a difference betw...: "Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words before you teach them to SEE the difference."

Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words

Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words before you teach them to SEE  the difference.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Read lots of stories to children from an early age...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Read lots of stories to children from an early age...: "Read lots of stories to children from an early age so they can learn how particular stories work."

Read lots of stories to children from an early age

Read lots of stories to children from an early age so they can learn how particular stories work.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing: "If children are having difficulty with their reading, then they usually are having difficulty with their writing."

The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing

If children are having difficulty with their reading, then they usually are having difficulty with their writing.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?: "Your students or children can begin to read books, even if they only know a few letters."

When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?

Your students or children can begin to read books, even if they only know a few letters.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts: "The reading of easy, familiar texts should always be encouraged because it strengthens the decision making process of the reader and provide..."

The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts

The reading of easy, familiar texts should always be encouraged because it strengthens the decision making process of the reader and provides revision and reinforcement of those reading strategies that have already been obtained.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Observing your Students

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Observing your Students: "Teachers need to observe what their students can do to help prevent the struggles with literacy learning. These observation can then i..."

The Importance of Observing your Students

Teachers need to observe what their students can do to help prevent the struggles with literacy learning.  These observations can then inform the teacher about many strategies the student may or may not be using.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Story Sequence

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Story Sequence: "Being able to recall the facts of a story in sequential order greatly assists with comprehension."

The Importance of Story Sequence

Being able to recall the facts of a story in sequential order greatly assists with comprehension.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: 3 Steps to help with reading and writing success

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: 3 Steps to help with reading and writing success: "1. Provide good preschool experiences and opportunities for children. This includes lots of opportunities to talk and exposure to books and ..."

3 Steps to help with reading and writing success

1. Provide good preschool experiences and opportunities for children. This includes lots of opportunities to talk and exposure to books and book language.
2. Ensure the school can provide a good program for literacy learning in the early years.
3. An intervention program for those facing difficulties and adequate provision of specialist services for those who continue to have problems after the intervention.