Phonics for Parents Reading With Your Child By Susan Thompson Reading with your child is one of the most important things that you as a parent can do to ensure your child s success in school. Reading together shows her that you consider reading important and a part of your everyday life.
Many parents read to their child at bedtime.
This time is a wonderful, close time that you can both cherish. By setting a fixed time each night, about a half-hour before your child s bedtime, you can have this nice, cozy, quiet time together. When your child is old enough to begin reading to you, set aside a time during the day as well, a time when your child is better able to concentrate. This will help with his ability to remember and apply the phonetic principles so necessary for beginning readers. In fact, this would be a good time for you to brush up on phonetic principles as well.