| Teaching your child to love reading and having him | | | | Try implementing games in with the reading. For |
| or her dread the process can be quite frustrating. | | | | example, pick a word such as 'book,' and every |
| It can make you feel as though you are doing | | | | time you or your child reads a word that rhymes |
| something wrong and your child will never love to | | | | with it, yell, 'RHYME.' You can do any kind of silly |
| read. | | | | thing you can think of to make it enjoyable for |
| First of all, it is important to stop worrying. There | | | | your child. |
| are plenty of great ways to help your child with | | | | Instead of making them feel as though reading is |
| his or her 2nd grade reading. | | | | school work, why not let your child start by |
| Read Daily: | | | | reading comic books? They may not be the most |
| One way that works really well is finding an | | | | educational things to read, but at least it will start |
| engaging and fun chapter book and reading a few | | | | getting your child interested in reading for fun |
| chapters with your child every day. This lets your | | | | instead of school. |
| child use his or her imagination by picturing what is | | | | If Your Child is Having Trouble Reading: |
| going on in the book and helps them to realize | | | | A lot of children have trouble when they are |
| that reading is fun and that you don't have to | | | | learning how to read. There are some great tips |
| have pictures in the book to enjoy it. | | | | that you can utilize to help your children with their |
| Reading to your child daily will improve his or her | | | | 2nd grade reading. |
| reading skills, and get them on track to reading | | | | - Follow the words with your finger. Point out |
| their whole lives long. This is an important quality | | | | each one as you read it. This does a few things. |
| time activity that you and your child can do to | | | | Your child will get accustomed to different words |
| help with 2nd grade reading. | | | | and what they look and sound like. It will also |
| What if My Child Doesn't Like Reading? | | | | teach your child that reading goes from left to |
| Most of the time it isn't because your child does | | | | right. |
| not like to read, but because he or she is | | | | - Practice the sounds of the letters. Each day, |
| struggling and is getting frustrated. Some children | | | | have your child find 10 or so items that begin with |
| have trouble with reading despite their best | | | | each letter of the alphabet. This is a fun game |
| efforts and it can be very disheartening to | | | | and gets them used to the sounds of letters and |
| experience. It can come to the point where your | | | | helps with identifying letters. |
| child dreads reading, but if you show them how | | | | - Have a weekly vocabulary word. Have your child |
| fun 2nd grade reading can be, they will no longer | | | | write it down, and practice spelling and reading it |
| dread it. | | | | every day. |