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The basic fact of it all is, if you can't read, you can't learn. Being a good reader, silent and aloud, WILL decide whether you are marked to become conventionally successful. Forty percent of school kids struggle with being slow readers. Yet, research indicates that 95% of all children can be taught to read comfortably with the right combination of techniques. Why is it that some pre-schoolers can read while others who are well on their way to third grade cannot?

It could be dyslexia. Although more difficult to overcome, often there are valuable programs integrated into their usual school and coursework. But it is a lot harder to find reading programs that help students who find reading a hassle because of factors like socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, their lack of focus and interest and their inability to comprehend and apply the fundamental principles required in reading.

Basically, there are four skills that go hand in hand with good reading:
Reading fluently and with expression,
A strong vocabulary including the ability to CONDUCE the meaning of unknown words through the context,
Understanding of the meaning of the paragraph, and
Being able to recall the important points from the material that one has just read.

Here are some tips that will assist you with teaching your child to read fluently, accurately and effectively.

1. Make them read everyday. Fluency cannot be achieved in a single day, or even through sets of 8 classes. Encourage your child to practice with reading aloud an allotted page or chapter everyday. Play Cds that come with read-along books. They will show how to space sentences with dramatic pauses and voice fluctuations. Make sure your kid is aware of punctuations and how they work - the comma, period, exclamation mark, hyphen, quotation mark and the colon. When their performances in reading aloud improve, their silent reading will pick up automatically.

2. Read to your child everyday - the earlier, the better. Research done by Bookstart, a national program in the U.K developed to encourage parents to read to their babies, shows that children who have had their parents read to them since infancy show an impressive advantage to children who started learning in kindergarten. Not only could the Bookstart children read earlier and more fluently but they also tended to perform better in writing and arithmetic skills. When you read, underline the words with your finger so they can follow you.

3. Build their vocabulary. Choosing the right books

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