If you and your child don't enjoy reading a particular book, put it aside and pick up another one. Keep in mind that your child's reading level and listening level are different. When you read easy books, beginning readers will soon be reading along with you. When you read more advanced books, you instill a love of stories, and you build the moti vation that transforms children into lifelong readers. It's important to read to your child, but equally important to listen to them read to you.
Children thrive on having someone appreciate their developing skills.
You read a paragraph and have your child read the next one or you read half the page and your child reads the other half. As your child becomes more at ease with reading aloud, take turns reading a full pa ge. Keep in mind that your child may be focusing more on how to read the words than what they mean, and your reading helps to keep the story alive. Guide the child to use what he or she knows about letter sounds. Supply the correct word.