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Activity Four:
Handout: Parents Are Teachers Too!
- ask your student what she sees her role as
a parent is; ask her what responsibilities she has
- read the handout, Parents Are Teachers
Too! together
- take turns reading the information in
each box
- tell your student to stop you if there is
a word that she does not understand
- after you have finished reading the
handout, ask your student if she agrees with the information she has
read
- ask her if she does any of the activities
in the handout with her child
Activity Five:
Handout: Tips For Reading with Children
- read the quote at the top of the handout
by Orville Prescott
- ask your student what they think the quote
means and who was the person that lured them into "the wonderful world of
the written word"
- have your student read the handout
silently and underline any words that they are unsure of (either pronunciation
or meaning)
- read the handout aloud
- go through each of the statements and ask
her why each would be important to remember
- ask her if she feels that there is
anything that she feels would be important to add to the list
Activity Six: Handout: Tips On
Reading With Your Baby
- ask your student to tell you a nursery
rhyme that she remembers from her childhood
- have her tell it to you in her own
language and then translate it into English
- tell her a nursery rhyme that you
remember from your childhood
- write the nursery rhyme and have her read
it
- ask her what she thinks it means
- ask her if there is a similar rhyme in
her language
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