Printable Stories - The Fun Learning Tool For Home-Schooling - 0 views
started by Nathan Dixon on 22 Mar 12
started by Nathan Dixon on 22 Mar 12
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started by Nathan Dixon on 22 Mar 12
About five miles into the trip Dad decided he would do a little fishn'... he'd rather fish than eat.
My brother Jim and I were content to just enjoy the day but we could see that Dad needed his fishn' fix (I heard somewhere that it is more addictive than nicotine). I know Dad was hooked.
He caught and released a few small bass and then the giant fishing lure he was casting (the kind with about fifty hooks) accidentally snagged on a low tree branch on the other side of the stream.
It was really, REALLY hooked.
My brother and I tried to slow the canoe and back it up toward the tree but the water was flowing too quickly. We did at least get the canoe stopped.
Dad started to pull on the line... and PULL!
I want to take a moment and say a word about my father...STUBBORN.
Once in the hands of the parent, the printed story then becomes a fun learning tool in teaching preschoolers to learn to read.
First comes listening comprehension
The process of teaching a child to read begins from an early age. At the beginning, children learn to read from being read to at home. Reading to a child everyday will greatly improve his or her listening comprehension, for listening comprehension is the first stage of learning to read. Engaging a toddler in a story is not always easy as toddlers, as we know, have short attention spans. One way of increasing a child's interest in books and stories is for the child to help select the story, which they would like to have read to them.
Computer savvy
Most households now have a computer and children are becoming computer savvy from early on. My 3-year old nephew is very aware of the family PC. He will often join his older brothers when they are playing computer games or surfing the net. So my sister-in-law has found that sitting with him at the PC and searching for printable stories on the web together is an engaging activity for him and enjoyable experience for the both of them. Many printable stories found online are attractive and appealing to kids. They are often colourful with cute illustrations. My nephew presses the print button, involving him in the process even more, which he loves. The story can now be read aloud from the printed page, but it doesn't have to end there.
Fun activities
Discussing the story and asking questions will help with a child's understanding of what they have just listened to. Have they understood the main idea? Parents can point to certain key words, highlight them with different coloured crayons, write the word out and even draw their own illustrations. Unlike books, printable stories can be scribbled on, thrown away, and printed out again and again. Fun activities can also follow - drawing pictures or making crafts related to the story for example - which will further improve a child's listening comprehension and their vocabulary.
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