Colebrook Consolidated School

Welcome to Mrs. Pac's Reading Room

                                                      Pre-reader
A Pre-reader, typically a preschooler or a kindergartner, needs lots of exposure to language and print.  He is just beginning to notice letters as symbols.  It has been said that a child should have 1,000 hours of reading time by the time they are school aged.  If your child is to get in his 1,000 hours, you really need to start now.  If you break it down, you would have to read to your child for about an hour a day each day between the ages of 3 and 6.
You can provide many experiences by:

        Reading to your child with your child sitting close enough to you to see the words.  Run your
       finger lightly under the words as you read.

Discuss words you see everyday.  Ask your child what word it might say on the stop sign or the cereal box.  Help him to find his name on a piece of mail.

Read pattern books.  Have your child "read" the pattern to you as soon as he figures it out.  Books like Brown Bear, Brown Bear are great for this.

Rhyme with your child.  Say nursery rhymes.  Read nursery rhymes.  Find words that rhyme with your child's name.  Sing songs.

 Have your child "read" you the story by looking at the pictures.  Encourage them to tell you as much as they can from the pictures. 

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