Comments on: Reading to Your Child: 5 Tips http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/ Strategies, Tips and Activities for Learning Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anthony http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Anthony Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:36 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-543 Thanks for the encouraging feedback. I look forward to visiting your beginning-readers blog. All the best. -AV Thanks for the encouraging feedback. I look forward to visiting your beginning-readers blog. All the best. -AV

]]> By: Michelle Breum http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Michelle Breum Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:22:47 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-542 Great advice. I write a blog sharing information to help parents and teachers support beginning readers. Thanks for sharing such great information. You are making a difference in the lives of children with this post! Reading with a parent is so important. I love what Dad to Two does while he reads. (first comment on this post) Great advice. I write a blog sharing information to help parents and teachers support beginning readers. Thanks for sharing such great information. You are making a difference in the lives of children with this post! Reading with a parent is so important. I love what Dad to Two does while he reads. (first comment on this post)

]]> By: Anthony http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Anthony Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:04:13 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-146 Chad, well stated. That's a good way to look at it-- if it's fun for the parent, it'll be fun for the child. Best of luck! Chad, well stated. That’s a good way to look at it– if it’s fun for the parent, it’ll be fun for the child. Best of luck!

]]> By: Chad http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Chad Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:24:11 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-143 These are very simple ideas that I will began to follow to see if they make a difference. My son isn't big on books, but I guess the point is, I haven't made it fun, if it feels like a job to me, that's how he will feel about it. Thanks for helping me refocus. These are very simple ideas that I will began to follow to see if they make a difference. My son isn’t big on books, but I guess the point is, I haven’t made it fun, if it feels like a job to me, that’s how he will feel about it. Thanks for helping me refocus.

]]> By: Anthony http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Anthony Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:59:42 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-119 I agree. . . reading is priceless. Thanks for the encouraging feedback! I agree. . . reading is priceless. Thanks for the encouraging feedback!

]]> By: victorine http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-117 victorine Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:30:07 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-117 This blog is a very good resource that I will return to again and again! Reading is one of the best activities for kids and parents (or caregivers) to share together. Such a gift! This blog is a very good resource that I will return to again and again! Reading is one of the best activities for kids and parents (or caregivers) to share together. Such a gift!

]]> By: Anthony http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Anthony Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:08:41 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-115 Thanks for the feedback. I like your approach of just adding a little information each time. That keeps things enjoyable. It's funny how, as you say with your son, "suddenly" he will just know something. That's a great feeling as a parent, isn't it? It makes the effort of spending quality playtime with a child that much more worthwhile. All the Best AV Thanks for the feedback. I like your approach of just adding a little information each time. That keeps things enjoyable. It’s funny how, as you say with your son, “suddenly” he will just know something. That’s a great feeling as a parent, isn’t it? It makes the effort of spending quality playtime with a child that much more worthwhile.

All the Best
AV

]]> By: Dad to Two http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/reading-to-your-child-5-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Dad to Two Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:16:26 +0000 http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/?p=349#comment-114 Excellent site! It has a lot of useful ideas for me to use with my kids. I like the statement you made here where you said ,"By the time she’s writing essays, it won’t matter whether she was an early reader. What will matter is whether she loves to read." That is so true. I try to just add a little new information each time we read together. I just point out letters he is working on, or new symbols, like apostrophes and exclamation points. Sometimes we just point out the page numbers to get him used to counting higher numbers. It is not memorization, simply hearing and seeing things in a practical setting frequently. Suddenly, he will just know them without any real effort. It always surprises me when he looks at the digital clock and says, it is six forty four, and is right. That is pretty good for never memorizing numbers, but just because I say the page number we are on when I read a book. I am glad he loves to have books read to him, and that he allows me to sneak subliminal lessons in at the same time. I am sure that forcing him to learn something would turn him away from this precious time we share reading together. Excellent site! It has a lot of useful ideas for me to use with my kids. I like the statement you made here where you said ,”By the time she’s writing essays, it won’t matter whether she was an early reader. What will matter is whether she loves to read.” That is so true. I try to just add a little new information each time we read together. I just point out letters he is working on, or new symbols, like apostrophes and exclamation points. Sometimes we just point out the page numbers to get him used to counting higher numbers. It is not memorization, simply hearing and seeing things in a practical setting frequently. Suddenly, he will just know them without any real effort. It always surprises me when he looks at the digital clock and says, it is six forty four, and is right. That is pretty good for never memorizing numbers, but just because I say the page number we are on when I read a book. I am glad he loves to have books read to him, and that he allows me to sneak subliminal lessons in at the same time. I am sure that forcing him to learn something would turn him away from this precious time we share reading together.

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