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Benefits of Rereading the Same Book | Learning to Read | NPT
Season 2021
Episode 21
Continue to encourage learning reading skills by rereading your child's favorite books. Rereading helps children understand the stories better, learn new words, and find things they may have not noticed before. Keep it interesting by reading the story in a different voice or have conversations about your child's favorite pictures.
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Young readers can practice spelling by learning the lyrics to their favorite songs.
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Practice spelling with names of stores your child recognizes the sign for.
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Practice prepositions with your child by visually representing them with cups and erasers.
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Pairing simple words with their opposites is an easy way to increase a child's vocabulary.
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Ask a child to guess what will happen next when reading together to practice foreshadowing
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Rhyming up the stairs is a fun way to quiz your child on word root families.
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Connect speech to the written word to help kids feel more comfortable reading and writing.
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Kids can differentiate similar verbs by using a concept called shades of meaning.
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Kids can practice ordering events in a story by telling their parents about their day.
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Make sure your kids can recall important family information by creating a family song.
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Posing as letter shapes while practicing letter sounds is an active and engaging activity.
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English as a second language students can practice by reading books about their culture.