Reading for Pleasure
Reading at Home
Reading should be pleasurable not a struggle or a battle. Parents should encourage their children to read but at the same time this should be a shared experience that is fun for both parties.
Take turns to read only expecting the child to read a small amount at a time. If the child is unable to read a word read it for them do not spoil the story by expecting them to decode it there and then.
Make a note of the words they cannot read and look at them again together at another time.
When reading independently for pleasure the story should be easy enough for the student to read with very few errors. This will boost confidence and encourage the student to read.
Books should be exciting and of the correct interest level for the age of the reader. Nothing is more discouraging than reading a book with an interest level of five or six years if the student is eight or nine.
If, however, a student wants to reread a book they have read many times before, do not discourage this, we all have favourite things and doing this can help to build confidence.
Reading a selection books by the same author can also be very helpful. Dyslexic people tune into the syntax of an author and this makes reading easier.
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