Correct your childβs grammar. This is crucial when it comes to reading. An important reading skill is to be able to recognise when something doesnβt sound right. If your child is going uncorrected and constantly using grammatically incorrect sentences, then they will not be able to self-correct their own reading, as they will not be able to identify that there is a problem. During the reading process, readers should constantly be asking themselves, βDoes it sound right?β If they are constantly using grammatically incorrect sentences, then to them, βyes, it doesββ¦ eekβ¦ Please donβt worry that they will be offended with you constantly correcting them. Itβs not in their developmental nature. The video clip below shows my preschooler reading his Wonderbly story book (read the next tip for more information about Wonderbly). You can see that when he makes a mistake, he is able to ‘self-correct’. He realises that something doesn’t sound right, so he goes back and fixes his mistake. This is when we know that children are making meaning out of the text, rather than simply decoding words.
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Thanks! I’m glad you’ve found the tips useful!