Tips for reading to young, school-age children
1. Keep reading to your child even when he can read.
2. Try reading books with chapters and talk about what is happening in the
story.
3. Talk to your children about reading preferences that are beginning to
develop.
4. Talk with your child about favorite authors and help him find additional
books by those authors.
5. Take turns reading a story with your child. Don't interrupt or correct
mistakes.
6. Talk about the meaning of new words and ideas introduced in books.
7. Talk with your child about stories using the notions of the beginning,
middle and end of the story to organize thinking and discussion.
8. Ask your child to tell why a character might have taken a specific
action.
9. Enjoy yourself and have fun.
Taken from www.nea.org "Tips For Reading to Young school-age children"