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Of all the issues of concern to parents with children in early childhood education, the topic of reading is probably the one that will bring them head. Usually this is because, unless children are motivated and continue with them the right strategies, It has difficulty reading a lot.

In this post I leave ten ideas or activities that you can make with your children for encourage and motivate reading.

In any case, before "hitting on", I think it's interesting to see some "strategies" that you can make with the kids when reading.

Note that trying to put the child to a book, begin to read and not get bored in two seconds it is almost mission impossible, They are children and, therefore, "technical" Children need, no adult.

When your child read aloud, okay you speak to him about what you read. You can, for example, stop at the words easily read and ask how he knew that word was "dog". This helps a lot to the kids to focus on their own strategies. As we have said on occasion, it's fine for children to control their own strategies and value the effort of achieving their specific goals, As with the behavior. Surely you say that you know the word "dog" because it starts with "p", then you can use to ask what other sounds heard in that word. When on the contrary be stuck in a word, Help him with drawings to recognize it, so is customary to use the picture clues.

Further, to strengthen techniques of reading comprehension small, before the book you can ask him to tell you what you think will happen in history, You can do the same at the end of a page or a chapter, this way you are you involved in a much more active.

If you introduce these strategies naturally, you will help him become a better reader and enjoy reading more.

Having said this, we will see activities you can make with the kids for promote reading in a fun and playful.

1Write wax th.

This is an activity which I love because children are often left speechless when performed. Further, You can adapt it to the age of the kids.

With a candle, for example, , Write a blank paper in the phrase you wish that your child read, in the case of young children, You can simply put your name, the letters, the numbers, etc. Once you've written it, tempera diluted in a little water and leaf Graffiti. To be diluted in water, tempera not stay in the area on which you wrote with candle and, therefore, it will appear as if by magic what you have written. Surely they can not resist reading!

2° Making puppets.

The puppets can help us to work many concepts and encourage activities like reading.

In this case, a way to promote children's love of reading is dramatizing. Making puppets for a dramatization of his favorite book is as easy as drawing characters on a card, colorize, remember and stick a popsicle stick behind.

You can prepare a small script but always leaving room for improvisation. This activity will see how small will be looking forward to reading your book and later prepare the play.

3No. What does it say here?

One of the best ways to understand the meaning of the sentences and the order must carry the different words, It is building them ourselves. How? Together, Write on cards of different colors words your child is learning, obviously you will need all kinds of words to phrases make sense. You can also search for and cut the words in magazines and newspapers. Once you may have a few, Shuffle the cardboard and begin to take them randomly. Logically, there will be times when phrases have no meaning: "It is great home a", but little will be read to guess whether you have or not and, therefore, finding the correct order: "It is a big house".

Le thrill fumbling different combinations!

4No. Dear Friend.

A very good way for the child to become familiar with your address and the names of family members together is to see and use the address labels letters arrive home.

First you can stick them in a notebook so you see the differences between each other, ask him to read them and write them down on paper, to finally finish writing his own label with name and address. With some older children you can write simple letters. It is very interesting for them to see that the letters are a form of communication as any, for that you also have to set an example, writing letters you.

Demostradles is not a form of communication explicadles obsolete and the advantages of this system.

5No. Our own book.

Surely one of the best ways for children to understand the value of books, It is to write your own.

When we talk about writing a book we are not referring to write 100 Pages, It can be a book 3 the 4 Pages. Explain to the child that every book must have three parts: beginning, middle and end, and define among all what we will have in each. Logically, We must find a topic that motivates small, the story can talk about it and your pet, or perhaps about him and his best friend. Combine drawings, clippings from magazines and newspapers with small phrases. With some cards or you can prepare rigid material covers. Terminéis sure when you will be willing to read it and be a real gem for him!

6Th Letter to the author.

What is your child's favorite book? Just ask and suggest, if it is a contemporary author, write a letter to the author of the book. For that ask him why he liked that book, if it was for the characters or the plot.

Between the two together, Write a letter to the author of the book, You can ask him how he was inspired to write the book or why he decided to become a writer.

This is a very good way to meet your child as a reader, know what it is that motivates you and on that basis they can find books find it attractive.

7No. we classify.

This is an activity that can do both with small children and those who have already acquired visual vocabulary.

Gather newspapers or magazines and Cut out, letters, words and complete sentences. On the other hand, Gather a card and divide it into three columns: letters, words and phrases. Ask the small you go sticking cuts in the appropriate column. This way you will see the difference between structures and other, and you will realize that the sentences are not just a set of words, but, further, They have their own meaning.

8No. We're going to purchase.

A fun way to learn the words related to the different businesses and products that we can buy in each, It is prepared cards.

First prepared some cards with pictures of the shops and their word below, Put together your ideas about these places, what can we buy, do you call a person who works in each: butcher butchery, Baker Bakery, etc.

Later, dibujad or seek cuts of different products that can be bought. Once all cards you may have you mix and play classify everything.

As you have the material prepared, when you go grocery shopping you can ask your child to choose the cards for the products you are going to buy so that you do not forget anything, thus you have no choice but to read the words 😀

9º ¡¡A la biblio!!

That your child is familiar with what a library, I go often and choose their own books is one of the best ways to foster their love for reading.

The first time you go Bring together license partners and explicadle what we do in the library. Someday you may stay there reading and other Choose a book to take home. The small can make even its own calendar that targeted lead when he took the book and when to return.

10No. Mrs. "A".

Generally these activities are usually performed at school, but it is fine and it can be fun at home also realicéis.

Weekly, You can choose the letter of the week. If the children are young, You can start with easy lyrics, as the initial of his name. Prepare the letter in a card, both uppercase and lowercase and put it in a prominent place. Throughout the week jugad to search for words that begin with that letter, and even contain words that sound: on road signs, supermarket ... is a very good way, to work on visual recognition of words while you are making other activities.

Logically, Besides these there are many more activities that you can perform with the kids to work on visual word recognition and reading. Further, you can always make variations of these same activities. You know that the limit is your imagination and that of your children.

Kisses to all and Happy Week!

"The less we read, most damaging what you read ".

Miguel de Unamuno.

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