LSC 300 L
Literature for Children
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT

CONTENTS:
Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
Five and Six Year Olds
Seven and Eight Year Olds
Nine and Ten Year Olds
Eleven and Twelve Year Olds
What is reading?
Tips for reading to children
Kids & Reading Home

Reading to Children

What is reading?

The beginning steps in the process of learning to read are:

• Hold a book right side up
• Turn to the front of the book to begin
• Turn pages at the appropriate time when the story is being read
• Point to words instead of pictures when reading
• Pick out a favorite book from a shelf of books

The most important thing you can do to make your child a reader is to read aloud. Reading aloud is not just for small children. Adults read aloud to other adults. A child who sees the adults in his or her life taking some time each day to read silently and some time each week to read aloud, will learn to make reading an enjoyable part of his or her family heritage. Reading aloud to a child also helps the child develop the ability to read alone and gives educational advantage. Reading aloud builds the desire to read and establishes bonds of love among the reader, the listener, and the book.