All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits
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I read somewhere about a 5-word rule for story books. If there are 5 words in a page that your child can’t recognize / read, the book is too difficult for him. On the hand, if there no words in the page that he don’t recognize, it’s too easy. So a good guage would be about 2 - 3 words in a page that he won’t be able to recognize.
If the book is too tough, we kill his reading interest, if it is too easy, he makes no progress, a blend of both would lead him to learn new vocab and not kill his interest for books.
Just my 2-cents … -
buds:
I wish ah! 実は, 私は来世に日本人になりたい! 坂本 真綾と結婚したい! http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya/cafe/index.html :love: :love: :love:
Wuah! Jap books?schellen:
buds, :ugogirl:
My Dd used to prefer me reading cos sashimi was supposedly boring. But unlike your DH, he eventually bucked up and now, I think DD prefers him. But ok lah cos when reading Chinese and Jap stories, she doesn't want sashimi cos he reads funny or too slow.
You half Jap beauty, schellen?
OK, OT liao..... Though it's true about some Japanese books - esp. simple board books for babies/toddlers, eg. animal names. Very very cute, you all can go Kino to see. And the words are simple, eg. cat = neko, dog = inu, pig = buta, rabbit = usagi.
Actually I have no idea why DD prefers my wife to read to her cos I find her reading to be pretty ordinary. And DD laughs when I read funny what! But I’m fine since this means out of her 3 books nightly, I only need to read one.
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buds:
Actually, it's precisely because I have zero memory of my dad when I was a child that I swore I would not do the same to my DD.
he always reminds me his dad NEVER
does these things, so he wonders if other fathers are even REQUIRED
to do the same, as requested by me.. Hahaa!
buds:
\"Take too long to finish up with the kitchen...\"? What is it with you wives that the kitchen always gets in the way of bedtime stories? You and schellen the same!
Nowadays, he story-tell
with goof and the kids enjoy him more than me, mebbe cos i take too
long to finish up with the kitchen.
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Er, when I say read funny, it means pronounce funny, not read about funny things. :roll:
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sashimi:
\"Take too long to finish up with the kitchen...\"? What is it with you wives that the kitchen always gets in the way of bedtime stories? You and schellen the same!
When husbands see the kitchen, their brain resets the standards and tells them what they see is acceptable. When wives see the kitchen, we see dishes to be done, laundry to be hung up/taken down, trash to be taken out, etc. Husbands don't see these or they wear blinders, what the horses that pull carriages wear.
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schellen:
Er, when I say read funny, it means pronounce funny, not read about funny things. :roll:
Ya lor.. always misinterpret.
Cheh... :roll: -
buds:
he always reminds me his dad NEVER
does these things, so he wonders if other fathers are even REQUIRED
to do the same, as requested by me.. Hahaa!sashimi:
Ya, I feel blessed that thru the years he has made a lot of effort onActually, it's precisely because I have zero memory of my dad when I was a child that I swore I would not do the same to my DD.
spending quality family time with us. There are many friends out there
whose hubbies aren't so pro-active. Reali feel for them. Some have to
work full time, come back do housework and yet still no support on the
family time. Their spouses are the totally hands off type..buds:
Nowadays, he story-tell with goof and the kids enjoy him more than me, mebbe cos i take too long to finish up with the kitchen.sashimi:
Oi daddy, i dun let it get in the way ya know. If i see lukewarm response\"Take too long to finish up with the kitchen...\"? What is it with you wives that the kitchen always gets in the way of bedtime stories? You and schellen the same!
from spare story teller, i dry my hands, stop kitchen activity and take
over. I understand there will be times hubs will come back totally knock
out exhausted.
And it's not just zoom in to kitchen area oni hor...
After wash dishes, wipe the oily stoves, wipe cabinets, clear the rubbish,
mop sticky kitchen floor, clear laundry, fold the clothes (i usuali set aside
when everybody has slept), iron work clothes and uniforms ( if didn get
chance to do wkly ironing due to weekend outings), plan and prepare
following day's menu, etc... just to name a few to give a bigger picture.
It helps that my hubby not so nit-picking kind.
If the sort who can't tahan little bit messy, i die liao. :faint: -
OK lah dear, I appreciate it lah.
I am also not the nitpicking kind leh, I am very tolerant of my little messes.
As for reading funny, what do you mean, DW? Does the fact that I insist on reading \"Alladin\" as \"Al-'ah-din\" rather than \"ELLAIRdin\" make me funny? -
sashimi:
No lah, DH, I mean your pronunciation for Chinese sometimes sounds weird and you read Jap slow mah, so DD prefers me.OK lah dear, I appreciate it lah.
I am also not the nitpicking kind leh, I am very tolerant of my little messes.
As for reading funny, what do you mean, DW? Does the fact that I insist on reading \"Alladin\" as \"Al-'ah-din\" rather than \"ELLAIRdin\" make me funny?
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tamarind:
Picolo:
My problem is for English stuff, they don't like to read the classics. Show Charlotte Web to DS and he would say 'I don't read these books.' Any advice from parents here?
Young children do not really understand what are good books, so parents should make sure that that they read the classics.chamonix:
Hello Tamarind & Chamonix!My ds wouldn't read the classics books too if I merely throw them to him. What I usually do is to start reading the first chapter with him, then pause for the night and continue the next following night. Once his interest is piqued, he would finish the book by himself without waiting for me.
I chanced upon this delightful book entitled 'The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary' (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Reading-Illustrators-Celebrate-Anniversary/dp/0525474846) and it is so god-sent!
I happened to have borrowed 黑兔和白兔(American translated book) and just last night, I asked ds1 what does it and Charlotte's Web have in common? I hinted him to look for any English words on 黑兔和白兔 and he answered, \"Garth Williams!\"
I then showed him 'The Art of Reading' of which 2 top illustrators shared their memories of their favourite book 'Charlotte's Web', and get ds1 to read their short writings. And you know what, for the first time, he seemed really interested in CW, flipped through the book looking at the illustrations and started reading.
This morning, he continued reading it (luckily for him since there's no homework) before going to school. I can tell by his expression and chuckles sometimes that he is really enjoying the book.
I'm so glad to have found a painless way of introducing good classics to the kids!
Few months back, I read the first few pages with ds1 one night but we didn't go beyond that, partly because I don't have the patience to continue to sit through and never like to force anything down his throat. I hope by sharing our experience will provide other parents a fun and alternative way of introducing good books to their children.
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