{"id":3746,"date":"2012-12-01T07:52:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T15:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:43:21","slug":"reading-with-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/reading-with-your-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading with your child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!\u00a0 The holidays are a great time to incorporate activities which can promote your child\u2019s reading fluency, as discussed in a recent continuing education course offered by Dr. Shari Robertson.\u00a0 Reading fluency simply refers to three parts of reading:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How quickly your child reads<\/li>\n<li>How accurate they are- are they reading the right word?<\/li>\n<li>How does it sound- is it flat and choppy or does your child use lots of expression and sound \u201csmooth\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are several ways you can help your child become a more fluent reader.\u00a0 First, fluency can be promoted by repeated readings.\u00a0 The holidays are a perfect time for this- you and your child can share the same story each week, year after year.\u00a0 Simply read it together several times.\u00a0 Reading these classic stories together is a great tradition, with each child picking a favorite book.\u00a0 Another way to promote reading fluency is simply adding lots of expression while reading the story.\u00a0 Try using different voices for characters or using extra stress for special words.\u00a0 You can also repeat different poems with your child.\u00a0 One example is \u00a0\u201cUp on the Roof Top\u201d.\u00a0 This poem uses rhyming to help add rhythm to the story. Even a young child who is not yet reading can benefit from these strategies to help promote later reading fluency.\u00a0 These are great activities to promote your child\u2019s reading fluency while also taking a break from the stress and hustle of the season.\u00a0 Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!\u00a0 The holidays are a great time to incorporate activities which can promote your child\u2019s reading fluency, as discussed in a recent continuing education course offered by Dr. Shari Robertson.\u00a0 Reading fluency simply refers to three parts of reading: How quickly your child reads How accurate they are-&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[173,50,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12352,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions\/12352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}