Parents' Corner How To Help My ChildrenWith Reading Reading Services Center

Reading is the key to a child's success in school. You, as a parent, can have an active role in helping your children with their reading development.

1. Show an interest in your children's day. Have them tell you what the day was like. Tell your children about your day. This will help your children develop vocabulary and communication skills.
   
   
2. Build a home library of books and children's magazines. Many of the children's magazines can be found at any bookstore. Here are examples of magazines your children may enjoy.
   
   
   
   

   Beginning Readers	Lady Bug	ages 2-7
   	Sesame Street Magazine	ages 2-6
   	Crayola Kids Magazine	ages3-8
   	Humpty Dumpty's Magazine	ages 4-6
   	Zoobooks	ages 5-14
   	Children's Playmate	ages 6-8
   Intermediate Readers	Current Events	ages 7-10
   	Current Sciences	ages 7-9
   	Disney Adventures	ages 6-14
   	Jack and Jill	ages 7-10
   	National Geographic World	ages 6-12
   	Sports Illustrated for Kids	ages 8+
   	Zillons: The Consumer Report for Kids	ages 8-14

   
   
   
3. Read to your children. For beginning readers, reading to them will develop a love of books and an interest in reading on their own. Invite intermediate readers to share in the reading with you.
   
   
4. Provide your children many experiences: trips, shopping, parks, etc. As you travel, four and five year olds might recognize some of the common signs like McDonalds, Target, Pepsi, etc. Encourage six to eight year olds to read traffic signs and billboards, if possible. Involve your older children with map reading.