The goal:
As you probably know, children learn basic skills at an early age. All children learn differently and at different pace. Some children may be able to pick up some skills better than the others, and some children may take longer to learn those same skills. In this club, parents will learn what they need to do in order to help their child begin to read. Students might have problems reading because they lack specific skills necessary for proficient reading. Besides schools/teachers, we as parents also have our part to help the kids through their reading journey. Putting a few simple strategies into action will make a significant difference in helping children develop into good readers and writers. Books give vision, intellect, and information which make life choices easier. What’s better goal for a book club than help the young readers to recognize the letters, the sounds and start reading! In this club we are inculcating passion for reading. We also learn strategies for making reading fun and interactive. Join the club and take your part in this adventurous journey with your child to the world of reading.
First session:
Today is April 26, 2013. It’s the first day of book club. The club name is Reading Jourey. It was long time that I was dreaming to have my own book club to talk and share reading experience with moms who has newborns, toddlers and preschoolers. Anna and I got started from morning to decorate the walls with big colorful foamy Alphabet letters. She is a good helper and she is excited about the club. We brought downstairs some of her picture books and easy reader books. And now it’s time for fun. All the new readers are babies today! We started on time at 3 pm and finished before 4 pm. I introduced myself and told mothers about Anna’s and my reading journey since she was newborn. Then it was Anna’s turn to point the letters and make their sounds. I picked up colorful foamy letter "O" and gave to little Jessie to touch the letter and feel the roundness. Then Kahlan’s mom and I showed her a beautiful book with bold colors while Jessie’s mom was reading Jessie’s favorite Dr. Seuss’ book. By the way, she was listening quietly. Little Kahlan seemed tired because she is only 4 months. Her eyes seemed too curious to explore something else. While everybody was busy with reading I shared some age-appropriate techniques that worked for me and tried to practice them during the session:
1. Read aloud for the baby for 15 minutes every day.
2. Have the big colorful foamy alphabet. It’s easy to point to this big letters and babies love bid bold colored things.
3. Let the baby touch the letters to feel the shapes of the letters.
4. Sing the alphabet song to the baby.
5. Read a word like “cat” while pointing to the cat’s picture in the book.
6. Make reading more fun by interacting, adding sounds.
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