Ask your child to guess what the story will be about. The reason for these questions is to involve your child with the ideas in the story as much as possible before actually reading. 25 You can test this by trying a story without this method and then another story with it. You will find that when you do use it, your child has more interest, understanding and memory of the story. You are guaranteeing a successful reading experience.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Questions that ask your child to think about why something happened or how someone felt, etc., are actively involving her in thinking and the reading process. You want your child to be actively, thoughtfully involved all the time with her environment. These strategies help with reading and can help to counteract some of the damage of passive television watching. For Example, I used these strategies with a group of five, second grade students who were supposed to repeat the first grade reading book because they had failed the test. I sat down with them with a book about a frog and a toad.