{"id":5710,"date":"2011-09-16T06:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T06:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingtoday.com\/anew\/?page_id=5710"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T23:43:50","slug":"parents-reading-to-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/learning\/reading-instruction-children\/parents-reading-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Your Children Well . . . By Reading to Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

By George Tucker, PhD
\nChild Psychologist\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"reading <\/picture>A recent study by the Department of Education that was reported in Science Daily\u00a0<\/em>reported that 44% of Fourth Graders in the United States are reading below the basic mastery level for their age group.\u00a0 In California, 59% are reading below mastery.<\/p>\n

For those who read my article last month, you know that I did not learn to swim until I was 26-years-old.\u00a0 The consequences of not learning to read are more immediate and much graver for chilren.\u00a0 Studies show that the following problems are highly correlated\u00a0\u00a0 with poor reading:\u00a0\u00a0 poor grades, easily frustrated, difficulty completing assignments, low self-esteem, behavioral problems, increased physical illness, more likely to not like school, more likely to be shy in front of groups of people, failing to develop\u00a0full potential.<\/p>\n

Last month the article referenced developmental issues in learning.\u00a0 This month I would prefer to focus on behavioral issues in learning.<\/p>\n

One of the strongest influences that a parent can have is to model\u00a0appropriate behavior for their children.\u00a0 To paraphrase the writer James Baldwin, children often fail to listen to their\u00a0parents, but they never fail to imitate their parents’\u00a0behavior.\u00a0 This means that what we do is often more\u00a0powerful than what we say.<\/p>\n

Nowhere is this need to model appropriate behavior more important than with reading.\u00a0 Studies show that parents who read aloud to their children are more likely to produce students who are better readers.\u00a0 This can be done with as little as ten to twenty minutes per day.<\/p>\n

Parents who read aloud, describe pictures in the book, talk about what was read and relate it to something in their child’s life, and encouraging the child to ask questions about the reading material are also important in helping the child learn to read.<\/p>\n

There are also some excellent sites for reading\u00a0and learning phonics that\u00a0are available on the Internet.\u00a0 Two of my favorites are ClickN Read<\/a>\"\" and Reading Horizons<\/a>.\u00a0 These sites provide stimulating games that help children learn phonics and reading at an amazing pace.<\/p>\n

Of course, since you are modeling reading by reading to your children, you could also model hitting those websites for\u00a0your children.<\/p>\n

Again, I learned to swim at age 26 without any really punishing consequences for my academic and occupational life, but you cannot postpone your child’s reading for that same amount of time.\u00a0 Read to your child, interact with them about what you have read, and encourage them to use the above websites in order to increase the chances of preparing your child for school–and for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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