DID YOU THINK THAT YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER CAN HANDLE THAT?

Mothers are still the best teacher: Learn the practical and effective ways to introduce reading and learning

• Reward. That is still the best incentive for your child. Make reading a reward by allowing quiet reading alone in bed for a few extra minutes.
• If your child is fascinated by dinosaurs or Winnie the Pooh, get every magazines or books with their images on.
• Try to ignore your child’s reading level, it may not be necessary that every thought or word be fully understood.
• If you are having a hard time keeping your child to sit still, allow him to doodle while you read aloud. And remember that your child’s favorite doll or stuffed animal may like to hear the story as well.
• Take dictation from your child who can’t write yet, or encourage him to make a story while you are writing it down. Post some pictures and ask him to draw whatever image he would like to add to his own story book and label them with his own description.
• Provide each of your child their own shelf on a bookcase for their own favorite books. Encourage family members to add a special book for every gift-giving occasion.
• Lastly, but most important of all, when you read your child’s writing, don’t focus on errors, just enjoy the creativity!

“The remembrance of a beloved mother becomes a shadow to all our actions; it precedes or follows them.”