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Learning to read is difficult —  so we are making it easier with a series of fun activities that you can do with your child for reading practice.

With each activity your reader will practice core reading skills such as inferencing, prediction, main idea, description, etc. AND you and your learner will be having  a great time!

Let’s turn reading into fun!

This is a great workout for listening comprehension –  and you can make it silly as well!

Find a book – non fiction works well for this. Depending on your learner, get them to read a sentence/paragraph/page.

Now, read aloud the same sentence/paragraph/page, but change something significant. Don’t let your learner see the page as you are reading.

See if you child can figure out what you changed. Let them re-read the section again if they want. You can repeat your version again, too.

If your child still has trouble, narrow down to the one sentence/paragraph with the change.

Congratulate your child on an excellent job!

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Learning to read is difficult —  so we are making it easier with a series of fun activities that you can do with your child for reading practice.

With each activity your reader will practice core reading skills such as inferencing, prediction, main idea, description, etc. AND you and your learner will be having  a great time!

Let’s turn reading into fun!

Find an interesting text that might appeal to your reader such as a joke from a magazine, a brochure for Disney World, or anything that is colorful and fun! Type that passage on a page that has large margins so that

The text is squeezed up intoa thin column in the middle.

Next, cut along the right side of the column cutting off the last one or two words from each line. Hand the paper to your reader telling him/her to read it trying to figure out what the missing words are.After a fair amount of time, ask your reader what words he/she came up with. You’ll be surprised to find out how creative he/she is when some of the answers are different, but still correct.

Congratulate your child on an excellent job!

Want the ultimate convenience?

Download all 30 Days of Fun Activities in one FREE PDF.

Learning to read is difficult —  so we are making it easier with a series of fun activities that you can do with your child for reading practice.

With each activity your reader will practice core reading skills such as inferencing, prediction, main idea, description, etc. AND you and your learner will be having  a great time!

Let’s turn reading into fun!

You will need: 3-4 advertising fliers, ideally advertising multiple items.

You can  read the fliers to your child or allow them to read it themselves. Read one or two of the fliers selected.

Model the task by identifying one advertised item that you would like and explain why. Then choose one you would never want and explain why.

Now it is your child’s turn. If needed, help them with the explanation of why they want/don’t want a specific item.

Congratulate your child on an excellent job!

Want the ultimate convenience?

Download all 30 Days of Fun Activities in one FREE PDF.