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Read aloud to your childeveryday.It’s the best thing a family can doto support success in reading!Read aloud to your childeveryday.It’s the best thing a family can doto support success in reading!Read aloud to your childeveryday.It’s the best thing a family can doto support success in reading!Tips for a Great Read-Aloud TimeSnuggle up! Put your armaround your child.❖Let your child select a book.❖Make sure your child cansee the book.❖Read slowly and with expression.❖Talk about the pictures.❖When finished, ask your child “Whatdid you like best about this book?”❖Have fun!❖The next day, ask your child to tell youabout the book you read last night.Tips for a Great Read-Aloud TimeSnuggle up! Put your armaround your child.❖Let your child select a book.❖Make sure your child cansee the book.❖Read slowly and with expression.❖Talk about the pictures.❖When finished, ask your child “Whatdid you like best about this book?”❖Have fun!❖The next day, ask your child to tell youabout the book you read last night.Tips for a Great Read-Aloud TimeSnuggle up! Put your armaround your child.❖Let your child select a book.❖Make sure your child cansee the book.❖Read slowly and with expression.❖Talk about the pictures.❖When finished, ask your child “Whatdid you like best about this book?”❖Have fun!❖The next day, ask your child to tell youabout the book you read last night.

ReadingandprintReadingandprintReadingandprintA read-aloud time is a great chanceto point out concepts of print. Thefocus of the read-aloud time is thestory. Once or twice a week, youmight want to include some of thesuggestions below.Before you read:• Point to the front and the back ofthe book and say, “We will readfrom the front to the back.”• Point to the title and say, “This is thetitle. The title is the name of thebook.”• Be sure to say, “This is the author. Theauthor is the name of the personwho wrote the words in the book.”• If there are drawings in the booksay, “This is the name of theillustrator. This is the person whodrew the pictures.”• Turn to the place where you will startreading. Say, “I will start readinghere.” Point to the first word whereyou will begin reading. Then say, “Iwill read in this direction.” Slide yourfinger under the first line showingthat you will read from left to right.A read-aloud time is a great chanceto point out concepts of print. Thefocus of the read-aloud time is thestory. Once or twice a week, youmight want to include some of thesuggestions below.Before you read:• Point to the front and the back ofthe book and say, “We will readfrom the front to the back.”• Point to the title and say, “This is thetitle. The title is the name of thebook.”• Be sure to say, “This is the author. Theauthor is the name of the personwho wrote the words in the book.”• If there are drawings in the booksay, “This is the name of theillustrator. This is the person whodrew the pictures.”• Turn to the place where you will startreading. Say, “I will start readinghere.” Point to the first word whereyou will begin reading. Then say, “Iwill read in this direction.” Slide yourfinger under the first line showingthat you will read from left to right.A read-aloud time is a great chanceto point out concepts of print. Thefocus of the read-aloud time is thestory. Once or twice a week, youmight want to include some of thesuggestions below.Before you read:• Point to the front and the back ofthe book and say, “We will readfrom the front to the back.”• Point to the title and say, “This is thetitle. The title is the name of thebook.”• Be sure to say, “This is the author. Theauthor is the name of the personwho wrote the words in the book.”• If there are drawings in the booksay, “This is the name of theillustrator. This is the person whodrew the pictures.”• Turn to the place where you will startreading. Say, “I will start readinghere.” Point to the first word whereyou will begin reading. Then say, “Iwill read in this direction.” Slide yourfinger under the first line showingthat you will read from left to right.