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6 Tips To Develop A Reading Routine

  1. Why You Should Read Aloud To Your Child
  2. 4 Components Of Good Read Aloud Books
  3. 8 Tips To Selecting Good Read Aloud Books
  4. 6 Tips To Develop A Reading Routine

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Winding up the Read Aloud series today with Part 4 from DA Poppins. It’s been such a pleasure having her each week on the blog to share some seriously awesome tips on how to encourage and foster a love for reading in our home with the kids. If you missed it last week, there’s a super exclusive freebie Read Aloud Cheat Sheet available for download too!

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6 Tips To Develop A Reading Routine

As a nanny, particularly when working with the early childhood ages, reading books and reading aloud should make up a large part of the daily routine. Why? Because routine and structure can be highly beneficial for children, especially toddlers. Plus, routine lets your children understand what’s important within your family. If you place a strong emphasis on developing a reading routine, your children will learn to see that reading is important.

Once you’ve got the selection process sorted (here’s 4 components of good read aloud books to help with the decision process), we suggest you work to incorporate a daily routine for reading into your family life. A good habit to get into is setting goals for the amount of books you read each day and the type of book. When reading to babies and toddlers, you can choose both the shorter, simple books, and a page or two from a longer book.

There is no need to feel the pressure to finish a story with younger children. Listening is a skill that comes with practice and age. If they have been hearing stories daily since birth, two and three year olds are not only ready, but eager for story times. If they have had no previous introduction to books, two and three year olds still have to be coaxed into a story time but will quickly develop a love of books if you’re persistent in the habit of daily reading.

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6 Tips To Develop A Reading Routine

1. Read books instead of watching t.v or having “screen time”

2. Read after morning snack, before or after lunch

3. Read short “concept books” during play-time (bonus points if you incorporate a related playtime activity)

4. Read before or after nap-time (this’ll help immensely to settle your child before a daytime nap)

5. Read when your child is in need of a distraction

6. Read before bed to finish the day (by way of engaging in essential bonding time)

Once you have developed the habit of reading and nap-time, you can begin to choose longer books that can be read from start to finish.

If you’re at all uncomfortable with reading aloud, take some time to explore Mem’s website. She has book lists, an audio example of her reading aloud, and even a lesson on how to read aloud. I assure you, her forthright enthusiasm will encourage you!

Tips for a reading routine: “read when your child is in need of distraction” @Dapoppins

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>>> Do you have a reading routine for your kids?

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Dana, Da Poppins, is a professional career nanny based in Vancouver, Washington, a graduate of the prestigious Northwest Nanny Institute and has over 20 years experience in the industry. Dana is a strong advocate for the benefit of reading and children’s literacy, is a talented scrapbooker, and writes the blog Da Poppins.

This was Part 4 of the Read Aloud series.

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December 2, 2014 By DA Poppins Filed Under: Nanny Life

About DA Poppins

Da Poppins, is a career nanny based in Vancouver, Washington, a graduate of Northwest Nanny Institute and has over 20 years experience in the industry. Dana is an advocate for the benefit of reading and children’s literacy, a talented scrapbooker, and writes the blog Da Poppins.

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  1. Mums Take Five says

    December 11, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    Have so enjoyed this series. so much information. thanks for sharing it with us for Sunday Brunch x
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