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Enhancing Reading Habits for preschoolers (4-5 years) 

Preschooler

Reading is fun! It's the parents responsibility to introduce the fun to the kids early!

When you read together with your preschooler kid(s), start a conversation and ask questions! You can try the the following ideas:

Let us take the classic Hare and tortoise story as an example:

Tortoise

Once upon a time, in a forest, there lived a hare who could run very fast.

One day, as usual, the hare was bragging about how fast he could run. He bragged and bragged and even laughed at the tortoise, who was so slow.

The tortoise stretched out his long neck and challenged the hare to a race, which, of course, made the hare laugh.

"What a joke!" thought the hare.

"A race, indeed, a race. Oh! What fun! A race, of course, Mr. Tortoise, we shall race!" said the hare.

The forest animals met and mapped out the course. The race begun, and the hare, being such a swift runner, soon left the tortoise far behind. About halfway through the course, it occurred to the hare that he had plenty of time to beat the slow walking tortoise.

"I have plenty of time to play in the meadow here." thought the hare

And so he did.

After the hare finished playing, he decided that he had time to take a little nap.

"I have plenty of time to beat that tortoise," he thought. And he cuddled up against a tree and dozed.

The tortoise, in the meantime, continued his walk making steady progress. He never stopped, but took one good step after another.

The hare finally woke from his nap. "Time to get going," he thought. And off he went faster than he had ever run before! He dashed as quickly as anyone ever could up to the finish line, where he met the tortoise, who was patiently awaiting his arrival.

Slow and steady wins the race.

1. Talk about the Story

i) Who won the race?

Tortoise

 

ii) What did you learn from this story?

Slow and steady wins the race. You should never get diverted till you reach your goal.

 

2. Talk about the words and sounds

i) What sound does 't' make?

You can point to the words that starts with t and read it aloud along with your kid.

In the above story there are 12 't' words (take, than, that, the, there, thought, through, time, to, took, tortoise, tree)

 

ii) Can you think of words that rhyme with than?

can, fan

 

iii) Let's think of two more words that start with the 't' sound.

tell, table

 

3. Talk about new words

i) Hare cuddled up against a tree and slept. Where do you sleep?

I sleep in my bed.

 


 

Here's some more tips to help your kids:

1. Make reading time fun and interactive. Let your kid select the book for your reading time.

2. Talk to your kid(s) about the stories you read and make connections to things that happen in our lives.

3. Ask questions starting with "what", "where" and "how" to help your kid follow and understand the stories you read.

4. While outside, point out to signs and labels that have words like street signs, shop name boards etc.

5. Introduce new words.

6. Help your kid to get familiar with the sound of words by sharing similar rhyming words (hare, care)

7. Let your child to write notes about the story. (This might look like scribbling to you, but never ever discourage them!)

 

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