If your elementary age child is struggling with reading, try a fun, indirect approach!

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  1. Bake or cook something together and have your child read the recipe with you.
  2. Have your child read traffic and street signs for you while in the car.
  3. Pull out some old letters or cards you have and read them together.
  4. Buy a kid’s activity book and do some fun games together.
  5. Look for misspellings together in the newspaper or magazines.
  6. Write a silly poem together and then have your child read it to the family.
  7. Watch a movie you know your child will love and then do some research online or in the library on the actors or the subject of the movie.
  8. Get a hobby kit of some sort and read the directions together.
  9. Plan a trip and read with your child about where are going and what you’ll do there.
  10. Take out the comics section from the Sunday paper and read away.

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