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$\"\"$ <\/a>\u00a0New study makes suggestions for getting the most out of reading with your child.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing more powerful than your voice, your tone, and the way you say the words,\u201d said Wiles. \u201cWhen I was a child, my dad read to me and while that was helpful and I enjoyed it, what we are finding is that when parents read with their children instead of to them, the children are becoming more engaged and excited to read.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Engaging the child means figuring out what the child is thinking and getting them to think beyond the words written on the page. While reading with them, anticipate what children are thinking. Then ask questions, offer instruction, provide examples and give them some feedback about what they are thinking.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that I really hope for, and have found, is that these things spill over into other areas,\u201d said Wiles. \u201cSo you start out reading, asking open-ended questions, offering instruction and explaining when all of the sudden you aren\u2019t reading at all and they start to recognize those things they have seen in the books. And that\u2019s really powerful.\u201d\u00a0 MORE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"