Reading is an important part of your child’s education and picking the right book can make all the difference. Here is a quick and easy tip to help decide if that book is too hard, or just right.
Teach them to use the FIVE FINGER TEST…
- Choose a page in the middle of the book with lots of words.
- Read silently. If you come to a word you don’t know put down your thumb.
- If you find another word you don’t know put down one finger.
- Keep doing this as you read.
If you use up all your fingers, the book is too hard.
