Encouraging your child to describe things

Comprehension is the most important reading skill of all. Being able to talk about and describe what happens in a story shows that your child understands what is being read.

Ideas to try

• Encourage your child to describe real events and make up stories.
• Create a "my best thing today" ritual at bedtime.
• Act out simple stories that work well with props or puppets. List of titles
• Help your child make a scrapbook with captions.
• Share books that make it fun to predict what comes next.  List of titles 
• Encourage your child to predict what a picture book will be about before reading.